Surveys

Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey

Data Definitions

Variable names and definitions for data in the historical data files.

Index

rev	Revenue (Sales for TROS)	Cexp	Capital expenditures
frev	Future revenue (Future sales for TROS)	Fcexp	Future capital expenditures
emp	Employment	inv	Inventories (TROS only)
femp	Future employment	finv	Future inventories (TROS only)
pemp	Part-time employment	trev	Companywide sales (TROS only)
fpemp	Future part-time employment	ftrev	Future companywide sales (TROS only)
avgwk	Hours worked	intrev	Companywide internet sales (TROS only)
favgwk	Future hours worked	fintrev	Future companywide internet sales (TROS only)
wgs	Wages and benefits	colk	Company outlook
fwgs	Future wages and benefits	fcolk	Future company outlook
inp	Input prices	bact	General business activity
finp	Future input prices	fbact	Future general business activity
sell	Selling prices	uncr	Outlook uncertainty
fsell	Future selling prices

All Data

revi	Revenue (Sales for TROS) - percent reporting increases	fselld	Future selling prices - percent reporting decreases
revn	Revenue (Sales for TROS) - percent reporting no change	fsell	Future selling prices - index
revd	Revenue (Sales for TROS) - percent reporting decreases	Cexpi	Capital expenditures - percent reporting increases
rev	Revenue (Sales for TROS) - index	Cexpn	Capital expenditures - percent reporting no change
frevi	Future revenue (Future sales for TROS) - percent reporting increases	Cexpd	Capital expenditures - percent reporting decreases
frevn	Future revenue (Future sales for TROS) - percent reporting no change	Cexp	Capital expenditures - index
frevd	Future revenue (Future sales for TROS) - percent reporting decreases	Fcexpi	Future capital expenditures - percent reporting increases
frev	Future revenue(Future sales for TROS) - index	Fcexpn	Future capital expenditures - percent reporting no change
empi	Employment - percent reporting increases	Fcexpd	Future capital expenditures - percent reporting decreases
empn	Employment - percent reporting no change	Fcexp	Future capital expenditures - index
empd	Employment - percent reporting decreases	invi	Inventories (TROS only) - percent reporting increases
emp	Employment - index	invn	Inventories (TROS only) - percent reporting no change
fempi	Future employment - percent reporting increases	invd	Inventories (TROS only) - percent reporting decreases
fempn	Future employment - percent reporting no change	inv	Inventories (TROS only) - index
fempd	Future employment - percent reporting decreases	finvi	Future inventories (TROS only) - percent reporting increases
femp	Future employment - index	finvn	Future inventories (TROS only) - percent reporting no change
pempi	Part-time employment - percent reporting increases	finvd	Future inventories (TROS only) - percent reporting decreases
pempn	Part-time employment - percent reporting no change	finv	Future inventories (TROS only) - index
pempd	Part-time employment - percent reporting decreases	trevi	Companywide sales (TROS only) - percent reporting increases
pemp	Part-time employment - index	trevn	Companywide sales (TROS only) - percent reporting no change
fpempi	Future part-time employment - percent reporting increases	trevd	Companywide sales (TROS only) - percent reporting decreases
fpempn	Future part-time employment - percent reporting no change	trev	Companywide sales (TROS only) - index
fpempd	Future part-time employment - percent reporting decreases	ftrevi	Future companywide sales (TROS only) - percent reporting increases
fpemp	Future part-time employment - index	ftrevn	Future companywide sales (TROS only) - percent reporting no change
avgwki	Hours worked - percent reporting increases	ftrevd	Future companywide sales (TROS only) - percent reporting decreases
avgwkn	Hours worked - percent reporting no change	ftrev	Future companywide sales (TROS only) - index
avgwkd	Hours worked - percent reporting decreases	intrevi	Companywide internet sales (TROS only) - percent reporting increases
avgwk	Hours worked - index	intrevn	Companywide internet sales (TROS only) - percent reporting no change
favgwki	Future hours worked - percent reporting increases	intrevd	Companywide internet sales (TROS only) - percent reporting decreases
favgwkn	Future hours worked - percent reporting no change	intrev	Companywide internet sales (TROS only) - index
favgwkd	Future hours worked - percent reporting decreases	fintrevi	Future companywide internet sales (TROS only) - percent reporting increases
favgwk	Future hours worked - index	fintrevn	Future companywide internet sales (TROS only) - percent reporting no change
wgsi	Wages and benefits - percent reporting increases	fintrevd	Future companywide internet sales (TROS only) - percent reporting decreases
wgsn	Wages and benefits - percent reporting no change	fintrev	Future companywide internet sales (TROS only) - index
wgsd	Wages and benefits - percent reporting decreases	colki	Company outlook - percent reporting increases
wgs	Wages and benefits - index	colkn	Company outlook - percent reporting no change
fwgsi	Future wages and benefits - percent reporting increases	colkd	Company outlook - percent reporting decreases
fwgsn	Future wages and benefits - percent reporting no change	colk	Company outlook - index
fwgsd	Future wages and benefits - percent reporting decreases	fcolki	Future company outlook - percent reporting increases
fwgs	Future wages and benefits - index	fcolkn	Future company outlook - percent reporting no change
inpi	Input prices - percent reporting increases	fcolkd	Future company outlook - percent reporting decreases
inpn	Input prices - percent reporting no change	fcolk	Future company outlook - index
inpd	Input prices - percent reporting decreases	bacti	General business activity - percent reporting increases
inp	Input prices - index	bactn	General business activity - percent reporting no change
finpi	Future input prices - percent reporting increases	bactd	General business activity - percent reporting decreases
finpn	Future input prices - percent reporting no change	bact	General business activity - index
finpd	Future input prices - percent reporting decreases	fbacti	Future general business activity - percent reporting increases
finp	Future input prices - index	fbactn	Future general business activity - percent reporting no change
selli	Selling prices - percent reporting increases	fbactd	Future general business activity - percent reporting decreases
selln	Selling prices - percent reporting no change	fbact	Future general business activity - index
selld	Selling prices - percent reporting decreases	uncri	Outlook uncertainty - percent reporting increases
sell	Selling prices - index	uncrn	Outlook uncertainty - percent reporting no change
fselli	Future selling prices - percent reporting increases	uncrd	Outlook uncertainty - percent reporting decreases
fselln	Future selling prices - percent reporting no change	uncr	Outlook uncertainty - index

Questions regarding the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey can be addressed to Jesus Cañas at jesus.canas@dal.frb.org.