Dallas Fed Economics Archive
Analysis and insights to enhance your understanding of the economy
May 14, 2019
Everett Grant and Julieta Yung
Machine learning has helped make music playlist recommendations, facilitated self-driving cars and even interpreted patients’ medical test results.
May 9, 2019
Jason Saving and Judy Teng
Texas economic activity expanded moderately in the first quarter after downshifting markedly in November and December.
May 7, 2019
Robert S. Kaplan
In his remarks given on May 3, 2019, at “Strategies for Monetary Policy: A Policy Conference” hosted by the Hoover Institution, President Rob Kaplan discusses some of the potential issues raised by recent weakness in headline and core inflation measures.
April 23, 2019
Mark Wynne
The U.S. health care system is uniquely innovative, but it is also arguably uniquely inefficient. Health outcomes in the U.S.—whether measured in terms of simple metrics such as life expectancy or more sophisticated ones such as quality-adjusted life years—do not seem commensurate with health care expenditures.
April 18, 2019
Mark Wynne
Janet Yellen holds a unique place in Federal Reserve history. It all began with a year as a humble Fed staff economist in 1977.
April 16, 2019
John V. Duca
The employment status of increasing numbers of workers has become contingent in recent years—that is, there is greater freelance, or “gig,” employment. This development has coincided over the past two decades with an era of increasing online commerce that provides consumers a wider array of products and services at competitive prices.
April 11, 2019
Jesus Cañas and Stephanie Gullo
Texas, the nation’s largest exporting state, enjoys a strong position in world trade. The state continues to see exports climb, and it exhibits a manufacturing edge in energy-related products and intermediate goods based on an index of comparative advantage.
April 9, 2019
Grant Strickler and Michael D. Plante
Different crude oils can sell for dramatically different prices with sometimes far-reaching effects on the energy industry—from impacts on oil producers’ production decisions to oil refineries’ profit margins.
April 4, 2019
Jesus Cañas and Benjamin Meier
Output growth in Texas has stabilized after a relatively robust 2018. However, a tight labor market, slowing energy activity and weakening global demand will restrain Texas growth during 2019, an assessment consistent with the Dallas Fed’s outlook for the year.
April 2, 2019
Scott Davis
The Chinese economy is losing steam. As China considers how to work through its difficulties, its chances of success may depend on how it finances the debt it incurs while attempting to boost economic activity.