Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey
Results Table
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Revenue | –3.6 | 4.0 | –7.6 | 10.8 | 1(–) | 23.6 | 49.2 | 27.2 |
Employment | 2.5 | 3.2 | –0.7 | 6.4 | 3(+) | 15.2 | 72.0 | 12.7 |
Part–Time Employment | –0.6 | 0.7 | –1.3 | 1.5 | 1(–) | 6.6 | 86.1 | 7.2 |
Hours Worked | –4.5 | –0.3 | –4.2 | 2.7 | 4(–) | 6.1 | 83.4 | 10.6 |
Wages and Benefits | 17.0 | 15.8 | +1.2 | 15.8 | 44(+) | 21.0 | 75.0 | 4.0 |
Input Prices | 33.6 | 35.9 | –2.3 | 28.0 | 45(+) | 37.1 | 59.4 | 3.5 |
Selling Prices | 8.7 | 12.9 | –4.2 | 7.7 | 42(+) | 18.2 | 72.3 | 9.5 |
Capital Expenditures | 6.0 | 9.3 | –3.3 | 10.0 | 42(+) | 16.2 | 73.5 | 10.2 |
| General Business Conditions Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | –4.9 | –0.2 | –4.7 | 4.5 | 6(–) | 12.4 | 70.4 | 17.3 |
General Business Activity | –9.3 | –8.8 | –0.5 | 2.6 | 20(–) | 11.9 | 66.8 | 21.2 |
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 14.7 | 12.6 | +2.1 | 13.6 | 32(+) | 25.0 | 64.8 | 10.3 |
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Revenue | 36.7 | 33.6 | +3.1 | 37.4 | 45(+) | 49.6 | 37.5 | 12.9 |
Employment | 17.0 | 23.3 | –6.3 | 23.2 | 45(+) | 27.3 | 62.4 | 10.3 |
Part–Time Employment | 8.9 | 6.9 | +2.0 | 6.7 | 19(+) | 14.9 | 79.2 | 6.0 |
Hours Worked | 3.5 | 6.8 | –3.3 | 5.9 | 45(+) | 9.6 | 84.3 | 6.1 |
Wages and Benefits | 32.5 | 39.5 | –7.0 | 37.5 | 45(+) | 37.6 | 57.2 | 5.1 |
Input Prices | 44.3 | 44.8 | –0.5 | 44.7 | 205(+) | 48.9 | 46.5 | 4.6 |
Selling Prices | 25.3 | 28.2 | –2.9 | 24.7 | 45(+) | 36.3 | 52.7 | 11.0 |
Capital Expenditures | 18.5 | 19.6 | –1.1 | 23.1 | 44(+) | 27.4 | 63.7 | 8.9 |
| General Business Conditions Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | 8.6 | 7.3 | +1.3 | 15.5 | 3(+) | 23.2 | 62.2 | 14.6 |
General Business Activity | 4.6 | 4.2 | +0.4 | 12.1 | 2(+) | 23.7 | 57.2 | 19.1 |
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 | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
| Retail Activity in Texas | ||||||||
Sales | –28.6 | –2.2 | –26.4 | 3.9 | 9(–) | 18.1 | 35.2 | 46.7 |
Employment | –8.4 | 4.2 | –12.6 | 1.8 | 1(–) | 5.2 | 81.2 | 13.6 |
Part–Time Employment | –4.0 | 7.7 | –11.7 | –1.5 | 1(–) | 6.8 | 82.4 | 10.8 |
Hours Worked | –16.9 | 0.4 | –17.3 | –2.0 | 1(–) | 5.2 | 72.6 | 22.1 |
Wages and Benefits | 8.5 | 12.2 | –3.7 | 11.2 | 42(+) | 17.4 | 73.7 | 8.9 |
Input Prices | 33.4 | 32.4 | +1.0 | 22.8 | 45(+) | 40.8 | 51.8 | 7.4 |
Selling Prices | 8.5 | 12.6 | –4.1 | 13.8 | 44(+) | 28.2 | 52.1 | 19.7 |
Capital Expenditures | 2.5 | 5.3 | –2.8 | 7.9 | 2(+) | 16.7 | 69.2 | 14.2 |
Inventories | 9.1 | 9.9 | –0.8 | 2.6 | 3(+) | 28.0 | 53.1 | 18.9 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | –23.2 | –5.8 | –17.4 | 5.1 | 5(–) | 20.1 | 36.6 | 43.3 |
Companywide Internet Sales | –16.9 | –4.9 | –12.0 | 4.2 | 5(–) | 8.0 | 67.1 | 24.9 |
| General Business Conditions, Retail Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | –17.8 | –7.8 | –10.0 | 2.0 | 4(–) | 7.7 | 66.8 | 25.5 |
General Business Activity | –25.4 | –23.7 | –1.7 | –2.0 | 7(–) | 7.7 | 59.3 | 33.1 |
| Outlook Uncertainty Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 15.8 | 17.3 | –1.5 | 11.4 | 2(+) | 26.3 | 63.2 | 10.5 |
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas, Retail Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
| Retail Activity in Texas | ||||||||
Sales | 19.1 | 24.5 | –5.4 | 30.7 | 8(+) | 34.3 | 50.6 | 15.2 |
Employment | 11.4 | 18.9 | –7.5 | 12.9 | 13(+) | 17.7 | 76.0 | 6.3 |
Part–Time Employment | 11.9 | 7.1 | +4.8 | 1.6 | 2(+) | 16.2 | 79.5 | 4.3 |
Hours Worked | 2.2 | 6.2 | –4.0 | 2.5 | 3(+) | 8.8 | 84.6 | 6.6 |
Wages and Benefits | 25.4 | 24.4 | +1.0 | 29.1 | 45(+) | 28.3 | 68.7 | 2.9 |
Input Prices | 39.2 | 34.0 | +5.2 | 34.1 | 45(+) | 45.1 | 49.0 | 5.9 |
Selling Prices | 21.2 | 16.4 | +4.8 | 29.2 | 45(+) | 40.4 | 40.4 | 19.2 |
Capital Expenditures | 11.5 | 15.1 | –3.6 | 16.9 | 2(+) | 22.2 | 67.1 | 10.7 |
Inventories | 3.6 | 16.4 | –12.8 | 10.7 | 3(+) | 27.6 | 48.4 | 24.0 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | 1.9 | 21.8 | –19.9 | 29.3 | 8(+) | 25.2 | 51.6 | 23.3 |
Companywide Internet Sales | 0.0 | 19.2 | –19.2 | 21.4 | 1() | 17.9 | 64.1 | 17.9 |
| General Business Conditions, Retail Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Jan Index | Dec Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | –1.7 | –0.7 | –1.0 | 15.2 | 4(–) | 17.4 | 63.5 | 19.1 |
General Business Activity | –9.3 | –5.3 | –4.0 | 10.5 | 5(–) | 18.4 | 53.9 | 27.7 |
*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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