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 | –2.4 | 8.6 | –11.0 | 10.3 | 1(–) | 22.4 | 52.8 | 24.8 |
Employment | –3.6 | 1.2 | –4.8 | 5.9 | 1(–) | 8.7 | 79.0 | 12.3 |
Part–Time Employment | –0.6 | –2.7 | +2.1 | 1.3 | 7(–) | 3.4 | 92.6 | 4.0 |
Hours Worked | –1.0 | 5.1 | –6.1 | 2.5 | 1(–) | 6.6 | 85.8 | 7.6 |
Wages and Benefits | 11.9 | 15.7 | –3.8 | 15.6 | 64(+) | 15.7 | 80.5 | 3.8 |
Input Prices | 24.4 | 27.9 | –3.5 | 27.8 | 65(+) | 28.2 | 68.0 | 3.8 |
Selling Prices | 1.6 | 2.7 | –1.1 | 7.5 | 62(+) | 10.1 | 81.4 | 8.5 |
Capital Expenditures | 7.3 | 5.8 | +1.5 | 9.8 | 62(+) | 14.1 | 79.1 | 6.8 |
| 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 | –2.6 | 4.3 | –6.9 | 4.1 | 1(–) | 12.3 | 72.8 | 14.9 |
General Business Activity | –5.6 | 6.8 | –12.4 | 2.1 | 1(–) | 12.6 | 69.1 | 18.2 |
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 22.5 | 11.2 | +11.3 | 13.7 | 52(+) | 28.8 | 64.9 | 6.3 |
| 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 | 35.3 | 33.8 | +1.5 | 37.3 | 65(+) | 50.4 | 34.5 | 15.1 |
Employment | 25.4 | 20.4 | +5.0 | 23.0 | 65(+) | 32.9 | 59.6 | 7.5 |
Part–Time Employment | 6.8 | 5.6 | +1.2 | 6.5 | 3(+) | 11.1 | 84.6 | 4.3 |
Hours Worked | 2.9 | 8.1 | –5.2 | 5.9 | 5(+) | 8.1 | 86.7 | 5.2 |
Wages and Benefits | 39.5 | 38.0 | +1.5 | 37.4 | 65(+) | 43.1 | 53.2 | 3.6 |
Input Prices | 42.9 | 41.3 | +1.6 | 44.3 | 225(+) | 49.9 | 43.1 | 7.0 |
Selling Prices | 26.8 | 21.5 | +5.3 | 24.5 | 65(+) | 35.9 | 55.0 | 9.1 |
Capital Expenditures | 20.5 | 17.3 | +3.2 | 22.5 | 64(+) | 28.7 | 63.1 | 8.2 |
| 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 | 13.1 | 11.9 | +1.2 | 15.4 | 5(+) | 29.4 | 54.3 | 16.3 |
General Business Activity | 11.6 | 10.7 | +0.9 | 11.9 | 4(+) | 29.6 | 52.4 | 18.0 |
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 | –17.2 | –2.1 | –15.1 | 2.7 | 2(–) | 21.2 | 40.4 | 38.4 |
Employment | –3.0 | –2.0 | –1.0 | 1.4 | 6(–) | 11.2 | 74.6 | 14.2 |
Part–Time Employment | –3.9 | –15.5 | +11.6 | –1.6 | 2(–) | 4.1 | 87.9 | 8.0 |
Hours Worked | –8.2 | –3.6 | –4.6 | –2.3 | 2(–) | 8.0 | 75.8 | 16.2 |
Wages and Benefits | 12.6 | 11.5 | +1.1 | 11.1 | 3(+) | 20.9 | 70.8 | 8.3 |
Input Prices | 22.0 | 22.4 | –0.4 | 22.5 | 65(+) | 30.4 | 61.2 | 8.4 |
Selling Prices | 9.2 | 4.1 | +5.1 | 13.0 | 10(+) | 23.9 | 61.4 | 14.7 |
Capital Expenditures | 13.7 | –0.1 | +13.8 | 7.4 | 1(+) | 17.6 | 78.5 | 3.9 |
Inventories | –0.3 | –2.7 | +2.4 | 2.6 | 8(–) | 23.9 | 51.9 | 24.2 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | –8.2 | –10.7 | +2.5 | 3.9 | 5(–) | 19.2 | 53.4 | 27.4 |
Companywide Internet Sales | –1.9 | –10.0 | +8.1 | 3.5 | 7(–) | 17.1 | 63.9 | 19.0 |
| 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 | –5.4 | 0.7 | –6.1 | 1.0 | 1(–) | 10.5 | 73.6 | 15.9 |
General Business Activity | –14.7 | 1.9 | –16.6 | –2.9 | 1(–) | 10.3 | 64.7 | 25.0 |
| Outlook Uncertainty Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Sep Index | Aug Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 26.6 | 8.2 | +18.4 | 11.6 | 14(+) | 31.3 | 64.0 | 4.7 |
| 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 | 26.6 | 29.6 | –3.0 | 30.1 | 28(+) | 48.2 | 30.2 | 21.6 |
Employment | 26.1 | 22.4 | +3.7 | 12.8 | 5(+) | 34.4 | 57.3 | 8.3 |
Part–Time Employment | 1.7 | 0.0 | +1.7 | 1.5 | 1(+) | 10.4 | 80.9 | 8.7 |
Hours Worked | 2.5 | 7.9 | –5.4 | 2.2 | 3(+) | 11.2 | 80.1 | 8.7 |
Wages and Benefits | 40.9 | 35.1 | +5.8 | 29.0 | 65(+) | 42.1 | 56.7 | 1.2 |
Input Prices | 52.3 | 41.3 | +11.0 | 34.0 | 65(+) | 56.8 | 38.6 | 4.5 |
Selling Prices | 40.5 | 17.3 | +23.2 | 28.3 | 65(+) | 50.0 | 40.5 | 9.5 |
Capital Expenditures | 19.2 | 18.5 | +0.7 | 16.4 | 5(+) | 27.6 | 64.0 | 8.4 |
Inventories | 20.8 | 11.8 | +9.0 | 10.6 | 5(+) | 36.6 | 47.6 | 15.8 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | 20.7 | 26.7 | –6.0 | 28.4 | 5(+) | 41.8 | 37.1 | 21.1 |
Companywide Internet Sales | 10.8 | 11.2 | –0.4 | 20.9 | 20(+) | 24.3 | 62.2 | 13.5 |
| 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 | 5.7 | 16.5 | –10.8 | 14.6 | 4(+) | 27.1 | 51.5 | 21.4 |
General Business Activity | 4.7 | 13.4 | –8.7 | 10.2 | 3(+) | 27.6 | 49.5 | 22.9 |
*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 Jesus Cañas at jesus.canas@dal.frb.org.
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