Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey
Results Table
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Revenue | –2.5 | –6.4 | +3.9 | 10.1 | 3(–) | 26.1 | 45.4 | 28.6 |
Employment | 3.1 | –5.8 | +8.9 | 5.9 | 1(+) | 15.3 | 72.5 | 12.2 |
Part–Time Employment | 0.2 | –0.1 | +0.3 | 1.2 | 1(+) | 5.9 | 88.4 | 5.7 |
Hours Worked | –0.7 | –1.4 | +0.7 | 2.5 | 3(–) | 7.5 | 84.3 | 8.2 |
Wages and Benefits | 14.7 | 10.7 | +4.0 | 15.6 | 66(+) | 18.0 | 78.7 | 3.3 |
Input Prices | 27.6 | 23.0 | +4.6 | 27.7 | 67(+) | 32.4 | 62.8 | 4.8 |
Selling Prices | 6.5 | 4.6 | +1.9 | 7.4 | 64(+) | 13.6 | 79.3 | 7.1 |
Capital Expenditures | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 64(+) | 13.2 | 79.4 | 7.4 |
| General Business Conditions Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | –4.2 | –10.0 | +5.8 | 4.0 | 3(–) | 15.9 | 64.0 | 20.1 |
General Business Activity | –2.3 | –9.4 | +7.1 | 2.0 | 3(–) | 17.4 | 62.9 | 19.7 |
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 18.2 | 22.2 | –4.0 | 13.8 | 54(+) | 28.8 | 60.5 | 10.6 |
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Revenue | 34.0 | 33.7 | +0.3 | 37.3 | 67(+) | 48.4 | 37.3 | 14.4 |
Employment | 20.1 | 20.1 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 67(+) | 29.1 | 61.9 | 9.0 |
Part–Time Employment | 3.8 | 3.7 | +0.1 | 6.5 | 5(+) | 7.2 | 89.4 | 3.4 |
Hours Worked | 9.3 | 3.9 | +5.4 | 5.9 | 7(+) | 14.2 | 80.9 | 4.9 |
Wages and Benefits | 33.9 | 38.1 | –4.2 | 37.4 | 67(+) | 38.7 | 56.5 | 4.8 |
Input Prices | 44.8 | 38.6 | +6.2 | 44.3 | 227(+) | 48.1 | 48.5 | 3.3 |
Selling Prices | 26.6 | 22.2 | +4.4 | 24.5 | 67(+) | 35.7 | 55.2 | 9.1 |
Capital Expenditures | 20.0 | 17.7 | +2.3 | 22.5 | 66(+) | 27.2 | 65.5 | 7.2 |
| General Business Conditions Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | 15.4 | 8.7 | +6.7 | 15.3 | 7(+) | 31.2 | 53.0 | 15.8 |
General Business Activity | 13.0 | 5.7 | +7.3 | 11.9 | 6(+) | 29.3 | 54.4 | 16.3 |
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 | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
| Retail Activity in Texas | ||||||||
Sales | –6.3 | –23.5 | +17.2 | 2.6 | 4(–) | 25.6 | 42.4 | 31.9 |
Employment | 3.5 | –15.3 | +18.8 | 1.3 | 1(+) | 15.4 | 72.7 | 11.9 |
Part–Time Employment | 6.8 | –3.2 | +10.0 | –1.6 | 1(+) | 14.5 | 77.8 | 7.7 |
Hours Worked | –7.7 | –6.8 | –0.9 | –2.3 | 4(–) | 4.3 | 83.7 | 12.0 |
Wages and Benefits | 6.1 | 13.3 | –7.2 | 11.1 | 5(+) | 11.9 | 82.3 | 5.8 |
Input Prices | 27.8 | 30.6 | –2.8 | 22.6 | 67(+) | 37.3 | 53.2 | 9.5 |
Selling Prices | 16.2 | 15.4 | +0.8 | 13.1 | 12(+) | 28.6 | 59.0 | 12.4 |
Capital Expenditures | 16.2 | 15.7 | +0.5 | 7.5 | 3(+) | 23.9 | 68.4 | 7.7 |
Inventories | 7.4 | 0.1 | +7.3 | 2.6 | 2(+) | 29.9 | 47.6 | 22.5 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | –7.9 | –19.2 | +11.3 | 3.7 | 7(–) | 19.3 | 53.5 | 27.2 |
Companywide Internet Sales | –18.9 | –15.7 | –3.2 | 3.3 | 9(–) | 5.7 | 69.7 | 24.6 |
| General Business Conditions, Retail Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | –12.4 | –22.3 | +9.9 | 0.9 | 3(–) | 13.4 | 60.8 | 25.8 |
General Business Activity | –12.6 | –23.7 | +11.1 | –3.0 | 3(–) | 14.1 | 59.2 | 26.7 |
| Outlook Uncertainty Current (versus previous month) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
Outlook Uncertainty | 13.2 | 17.3 | –4.1 | 11.7 | 16(+) | 27.6 | 58.0 | 14.4 |
| Business Indicators Relating to Facilities and Products in Texas, Retail Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend* | % Reporting Increase | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Decrease |
| Retail Activity in Texas | ||||||||
Sales | 6.9 | 23.2 | –16.3 | 30.0 | 30(+) | 26.5 | 53.9 | 19.6 |
Employment | 8.1 | 8.7 | –0.6 | 12.7 | 7(+) | 20.0 | 68.1 | 11.9 |
Part–Time Employment | 0.9 | 6.9 | –6.0 | 1.5 | 3(+) | 6.3 | 88.3 | 5.4 |
Hours Worked | 2.4 | –2.1 | +4.5 | 2.2 | 1(+) | 8.6 | 85.2 | 6.2 |
Wages and Benefits | 27.9 | 35.9 | –8.0 | 29.0 | 67(+) | 33.1 | 61.7 | 5.2 |
Input Prices | 35.7 | 38.6 | –2.9 | 34.1 | 67(+) | 45.2 | 45.2 | 9.5 |
Selling Prices | 33.3 | 17.7 | +15.6 | 28.2 | 67(+) | 45.2 | 42.9 | 11.9 |
Capital Expenditures | 21.4 | 19.1 | +2.3 | 16.5 | 7(+) | 27.5 | 66.4 | 6.1 |
Inventories | 10.0 | 23.7 | –13.7 | 10.7 | 7(+) | 28.3 | 53.4 | 18.3 |
| Companywide Retail Activity | ||||||||
Companywide Sales | 5.5 | 20.1 | –14.6 | 28.3 | 7(+) | 23.9 | 57.7 | 18.4 |
Companywide Internet Sales | 9.4 | 22.2 | –12.8 | 20.9 | 22(+) | 25.0 | 59.4 | 15.6 |
| General Business Conditions, Retail Future (six months ahead) | ||||||||
| Indicator | Nov Index | Oct Index | Change | Series Average | Trend** | % Reporting Improved | % Reporting No Change | % Reporting Worsened |
Company Outlook | 9.1 | 9.3 | –0.2 | 14.6 | 6(+) | 27.3 | 54.5 | 18.2 |
General Business Activity | 4.1 | 3.2 | +0.9 | 10.1 | 5(+) | 20.0 | 64.1 | 15.9 |
*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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