Research Department Working Papers
A Broader Perspective on the Inflationary Effects of Energy Price Shocks
This paper develops a vector autoregressive model that quantifies the joint impact of shocks to several energy prices on headline and core CPI inflation.
December 21, 2022
Energy and the Economy: The New Energy Landscape
The conference focused on geopolitics as well the outlook for global energy markets and the U.S. energy sector.
November 10, 2022
Permian Basin Economic Indicators
The Permian Basin economy expanded in the third quarter but at a slower rate than the previous quarter. Both oil production and employment increased, and the unemployment rate declined.
November 09, 2022
Energy Indicators
Refiners continued to boost activity as the country moved into the winter heating season amid low inventories and high margins.
November 02, 2022
Research Department Working Papers
The Electric Ceiling: Limits and Costs of Full Electrification
Electrification is a centerpiece of global decarbonization efforts. Yet there are reasons to be skeptical of the inevitability, or at least the optimal pace, of the transition. This paper discusses several under-appreciated costs of full, or even deep, electrification.
October 21, 2022
Dallas Fed Economics
Automakers’ bold plans for electric vehicles spur U.S. battery boom
Meeting ambitious manufacturing goals will require batteries—lots of them—as an electric vehicle (EV) can use hundreds to thousands of individual lithium-ion batteries.
October 11, 2022
Surveys
Dallas Fed Energy Survey
Activity in the oil and gas sector expanded at a strong pace in the third quarter, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.
September 28, 2022
Permian Basin Economic Indicators
Oil prices dropped sharply in early March. Oil production reached new highs in January, and the rig count edged up in February.
August 12, 2022
Energy Indicators
Russia increasingly restricting natural gas supplies to Europe over the past year has pushed natural gas prices to stratospheric levels in Europe. The hunt for substitutes amid widespread heat waves is pulling many other energy prices up with it.
August 02, 2022
Southwest Economy, Second Quarter 2022
Houston, still an energy town, largely pins growth on the sector
In recent
months, increasing oil and
gas demand and shifting
geopolitics have become
tailwinds for energy
production and exports—as well as for Houston.
July 01, 2022