Global Perspectives: Banco de México’s Alejandro Díaz de León on COVID-19, trade and inflation targeting
Díaz de León and Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan discussed COVID-19, the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) and inflation targeting.
October 27, 2020
Global Perspectives: Richard W. Fisher on the COVID-19 recovery, the Fed’s response and the future of globalization
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recently hosted Fisher, who served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2005 to 2015, as part of the Bank’s Global Perspectives speaker series.
October 20, 2020
Auto industry on road to recovery from pandemic
After a series of disruptions in March and April that coincided with the widespread outbreak in the U.S., the auto industry has entered a recovery period, though its path forward remains uncertain.
October 13, 2020
Record global GDP contraction indicative of COVID-19’s cross-country effect
A number of studies have shown that individual households and businesses voluntarily scaling back social interactions as they learned about the risks associated with COVID-19 have probably played a more important role in damping economic activity than government mandates.
October 06, 2020
Highly indebted FHA borrowers at special risk as COVID-19 forbearance ends
The situation appears most urgent for those borrowers who entered the crisis with a high debt load and little room to financially navigate without forbearance.
September 29, 2020
Texas economy improves despite lagging sectors as COVID-19 cases decline
Continued growth is projected for the rest of the year, but it may be somewhat restrained by the expiration of federal stimulus programs and election uncertainty.
September 24, 2020
Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2020
COVID-19’s fiscal ills: busted Texas budgets, critical local choices
COVID-19 and related economic shutdowns have raised concerns that state and local government revenues will fall short of expectations just as demand for services soars.
September 21, 2020
Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2020
Texas economy mends in fits and starts from pandemic’s onslaught
A resurgent COVID-19 outbreak in Texas has stymied a state economic recovery, according to the Texas
Business Outlook Surveys and high-frequency data that document activity on a more granular level.
September 21, 2020
Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2020
Energy sector slow to recover from malaise arising from effects of global pandemic
After absorbing a big hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, the energy sector may take until 2022 to recover.
September 21, 2020
Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2020
Vehicle sales highlight surprising resilience in spending during pandemic
Texas truck/SUV sales held steady while car sales declined steeply
amid the recession caused by COVID-19.
September 21, 2020