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Economic surveys

  • Economic Surveys

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Texas factory activity continued to expand in August, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Loan volume and demand increased in August. Loan volume was driven by a sharp acceleration in residential real estate loans, which had contracted in the prior period.

  • Working Papers

    Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey: Survey Methodology, Performance and Forecast Accuracy

    This paper describes the survey methodology and analyzes the explanatory and predictive power of TSSOS indexes with regard to other measures of state economic activity.

  • Economic Surveys

    Growth resumes in Texas service sector activity

    Texas service sector activity expanded in July after contracting for two consecutive months, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.

  • Economic Surveys

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Texas factory activity picked up notably in July, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Dallas Fed Energy Survey

    Oil and gas activity contracts slightly as uncertainty remains elevated

    Activity in the oil and gas sector contracted slightly in the second quarter of 2025, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

  • Economic Surveys

    Texas service sector activity continues to decline

    Texas service sector activity remained in contractionary territory in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.

  • Economic Surveys

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Texas factory activity was largely unchanged in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Loan volume and demand accelerated in June after little to no growth in the prior survey.

  • Economic surveys

    Agricultural Survey

    Bankers responding to the second-quarter agriculture survey reported mildly improved conditions across most regions of the Eleventh District.