Dallas Fed Economics Archive
Analysis and insights to enhance your understanding of the economy
August 30, 2022
Sitian Liu and Yichen Su
Since the start of the pandemic, the reduced presence of in-office workers has reduced the wage premium attached to large cities and may have diminished the productivity edge of these areas.
August 23, 2022
Alexander Chudik, M. Hashem Pesaran and Alessandro Rebucci
Vaccine uptake was the most important factor in reducing effective transmission rates in 2021, though the other factors helped bring infections under control.
August 16, 2022
Xiaoqing Zhou and Jim Dolmas
With housing price moderation, it is important to assess the implications for rent inflation and OER inflation and, in particular, whether they may soon ease and help slow overall inflation.
August 9, 2022
Ali Ozdagli, Jianlin Wang and Sona Shah
We found evidence that the way a firm structures its debt can mitigate a significant amount of the negative effects from uncertainty shocks, especially for zombie firms.
August 4, 2022
Mytiah Caldwell and Yichen Su
The Texas economy continued expanding in June and July, though at a decelerating pace compared with earlier this year.
August 2, 2022
Tyler Atkinson, Victor Wei and Xiaoqing Zhou
Most indicators—particularly those measuring labor markets—provide strong evidence that the U.S. economy did not fall into a recession in the first quarter.
July 12, 2022
Scott Davis, Michael B. Devereux and Changhua Yu
As the Federal Reserve embarks on a monetary tightening cycle, only a few spots of vulnerability have appeared among emerging markets.
July 5, 2022
Enrique Martínez García
Former Fed Vice Chair Kohn discussed the challenges of reining in inflation and other topics in a policy panel during a recent meeting of the Society for Computational Economics at Southern Methodist University.
June 28, 2022
Tyler Atkinson and Victor Wei
It is likely that the latest rise in initial claims reflects difficulty adjusting the data for seasonal patterns in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than a deterioration in underlying economic conditions.
June 23, 2022
Laila Assanie and Keighton Hines
Texas’ economic expansion remained solid in May, though the pace of growth decelerated. Employment gains continued to be robust. Manufacturing output growth accelerated, but revenue growth in services slowed.