Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey
Results Table
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Revenue | 8.7 | 16.2 | –7.5 | 11.0 | 9(+) | 31.2 | 46.3 | 22.5 |
Employment | 2.7 | 9.3 | –6.6 | 6.5 | 6(+) | 15.5 | 71.6 | 12.8 |
Part–Time Employment | –1.7 | 2.8 | –4.5 | 1.5 | 1(–) | 5.2 | 87.9 | 6.9 |
Hours Worked | 3.0 | 2.4 | +0.6 | 2.8 | 3(+) | 8.7 | 85.6 | 5.7 |
Wages and Benefits | 18.5 | 20.4 | –1.9 | 15.8 | 40(+) | 21.2 | 76.1 | 2.7 |
Input Prices | 37.6 | 37.8 | –0.2 | 27.8 | 41(+) | 39.7 | 58.2 | 2.1 |
Selling Prices | 9.8 | 14.2 | –4.4 | 7.6 | 38(+) | 19.1 | 71.6 | 9.3 |
Capital Expenditures | 6.5 | 9.2 | –2.7 | 10.1 | 38(+) | 14.7 | 77.1 | 8.2 |
| General Business Conditions Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | –4.4 | –1.2 | –3.2 | 4.6 | 2(–) | 13.2 | 69.2 | 17.6 |
General Business Activity | –8.6 | –2.7 | –5.9 | 2.8 | 16(–) | 15.5 | 60.4 | 24.1 |
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 14.8 | 11.6 | +3.2 | 13.5 | 28(+) | 23.9 | 67.0 | 9.1 |
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Revenue | 31.8 | 37.3 | –5.5 | 37.6 | 41(+) | 48.2 | 35.3 | 16.4 |
Employment | 25.9 | 27.9 | –2.0 | 23.3 | 41(+) | 37.1 | 51.7 | 11.2 |
Part–Time Employment | 0.8 | 3.6 | –2.8 | 6.7 | 5(+) | 10.1 | 80.6 | 9.3 |
Hours Worked | 3.4 | 10.3 | –6.9 | 5.9 | 41(+) | 10.1 | 83.2 | 6.7 |
Wages and Benefits | 42.8 | 42.4 | +0.4 | 37.5 | 41(+) | 46.6 | 49.6 | 3.8 |
Input Prices | 45.6 | 47.8 | –2.2 | 44.7 | 201(+) | 50.2 | 45.3 | 4.6 |
Selling Prices | 26.9 | 28.2 | –1.3 | 24.7 | 41(+) | 36.5 | 53.9 | 9.6 |
Capital Expenditures | 12.1 | 14.9 | –2.8 | 23.2 | 40(+) | 23.2 | 65.8 | 11.1 |
| General Business Conditions Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | 7.6 | 9.6 | –2.0 | 15.8 | 4(+) | 24.8 | 58.0 | 17.2 |
General Business Activity | –3.4 | 3.9 | –7.3 | 12.4 | 1(–) | 20.5 | 55.6 | 23.9 |
Texas Retail Outlook Survey
Results Table
Historical data are available from January 2007 to the most current release month.
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Retail (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
| Retail Activity in Texas | ||||||||
Sales | –4.4 | –0.6 | –3.8 | 4.2 | 5(–) | 28.6 | 38.4 | 33.0 |
Employment | 0.6 | 3.0 | –2.4 | 1.9 | 4(+) | 10.4 | 79.8 | 9.8 |
Part–Time Employment | 2.3 | –1.7 | +4.0 | –1.6 | 1(+) | 5.6 | 91.1 | 3.3 |
Hours Worked | 0.6 | –10.1 | +10.7 | –1.9 | 1(+) | 7.8 | 85.0 | 7.2 |
Wages and Benefits | 18.5 | 19.0 | –0.5 | 11.3 | 38(+) | 20.7 | 77.1 | 2.2 |
Input Prices | 30.1 | 26.9 | +3.2 | 22.7 | 41(+) | 33.7 | 62.7 | 3.6 |
Selling Prices | 10.8 | 16.5 | –5.7 | 13.9 | 40(+) | 23.7 | 63.4 | 12.9 |
Capital Expenditures | 13.1 | 3.7 | +9.4 | 8.1 | 2(+) | 14.8 | 83.5 | 1.7 |
Inventories | 13.9 | 17.2 | –3.3 | 2.5 | 16(+) | 29.0 | 55.9 | 15.1 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | –9.9 | 0.3 | –10.2 | 5.5 | 1(–) | 24.6 | 41.0 | 34.5 |
Companywide Internet Sales | –9.2 | 0.0 | –9.2 | 4.4 | 1(–) | 14.0 | 62.8 | 23.2 |
| General Business Conditions, Retail Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | 2.1 | –4.5 | +6.6 | 2.3 | 1(+) | 19.5 | 63.1 | 17.4 |
General Business Activity | –10.2 | –4.0 | –6.2 | –1.6 | 3(–) | 20.2 | 49.4 | 30.4 |
| Outlook Uncertainty Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 13.2 | 16.9 | –3.7 | 11.3 | 28(+) | 22.6 | 67.9 | 9.4 |
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas, Retail Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
| Retail Activity in Texas | ||||||||
Sales | 9.6 | 20.3 | –10.7 | 31.1 | 4(+) | 32.9 | 43.8 | 23.3 |
Employment | 16.9 | 11.0 | +5.9 | 13.0 | 41(+) | 28.3 | 60.3 | 11.4 |
Part–Time Employment | 5.6 | –0.2 | +5.8 | 1.5 | 1(+) | 11.9 | 81.8 | 6.3 |
Hours Worked | 4.2 | 0.7 | +3.5 | 2.6 | 2(+) | 10.6 | 83.0 | 6.4 |
Wages and Benefits | 34.3 | 31.0 | +3.3 | 29.2 | 41(+) | 38.0 | 58.3 | 3.7 |
Input Prices | 29.4 | 32.8 | –3.4 | 34.1 | 41(+) | 41.2 | 47.1 | 11.8 |
Selling Prices | 13.8 | 20.7 | –6.9 | 29.4 | 41(+) | 31.4 | 51.0 | 17.6 |
Capital Expenditures | 3.9 | 10.1 | –6.2 | 17.1 | 2(+) | 13.7 | 76.5 | 9.8 |
Inventories | 5.8 | 9.1 | –3.3 | 10.8 | 41(+) | 26.6 | 52.6 | 20.8 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | 11.9 | 15.4 | –3.5 | 29.6 | 4(+) | 33.9 | 44.1 | 22.0 |
Companywide Internet Sales | 4.5 | 15.6 | –11.1 | 21.6 | 3(+) | 17.8 | 68.9 | 13.3 |
| General Business Conditions, Retail Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | 13.8 | 3.9 | +9.9 | 15.5 | 4(+) | 24.9 | 64.0 | 11.1 |
General Business Activity | –0.3 | 6.6 | –6.9 | 10.9 | 1(–) | 24.3 | 51.1 | 24.6 |
*Shown is the number of consecutive months of expansion or contraction in the underlying indicator. Expansion is indicated by a positive index reading and denoted by a (+) in the table. Contraction is indicated by a negative index reading and denoted by a (–) in the table.
**Shown is the number of consecutive months of improvement or worsening in the underlying indicator. Improvement is indicated by a positive index reading and denoted by a (+) in the table. Worsening is indicated by a negative index reading and denoted by a (–) in the table.
Data have been seasonally adjusted as necessary.
Questions regarding the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey can be addressed to Christopher Slijk at christopher.slijk@dal.frb.org.
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