Highlighting the dynamic economy of Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico
September 30, 2024
Sheila Olmstead, professor at the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, discusses the competing demands for water in Texas and the challenges that growth poses.
September 20, 2024
Michael Plante, Vaughn Hajra and Sasha Samperio
The Smackover Formation, extending broadly from East Texas to Florida, is ground zero in the effort to produce lithium from oilfield brines.
August 14, 2024
Mariam Yousuf and Prithvi Kalkunte
Despite community banks’ relative strength in Texas, the outlook through year-end 2024 comes with evolving downside risks, particularly involving unrealized losses on fixed-income holdings.
August 5, 2024
David Anderson, professor and extension economist with the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University, discusses what’s driving cattle and beef prices from feedlots in the Texas Panhandle to supermarkets at a time when the size of the overall U.S. herd is at a more-than six-decade low.
July 10, 2024
Dallas Fed economist Kunal Patel discusses the strains on the power grid, including those arising from Texas’ growing population, electrification of the economy, nearshoring and evolving technologies.
May 24, 2024
Jesus Cañas, Luis Torres and Diego Morales-Burnett
Mexican economic performance is likely to slow in 2024, with stubborn inflation, rising labor costs and a strong peso posing downside risks. Conversely, nearshoring and a larger-than-expected fiscal impact could bolster the Mexican outlook.
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