Labor

 

• Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2022

  Less-tight labor market helps Texas grow faster than U.S. during pandemic

  Amid widespread reports of worker shortages, Texas' not-so-constricted labor markets have helped the state outpace the nation in job growth.

  December 22, 2022

• Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2022

  Texas economy rides wave of changing technology and diffusion of know-how

  Data on patents and employment show that Texas is a major center of innovation and high-tech employment.

  December 22, 2022

• Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2022

  Around the region: Texas metro unemployment rates drop but remain above early 2020 levels

  Unemployment rates across Texas metros have come down quickly since the pandemic recession of 2020, though they remain above preoutbreak levels.

  December 22, 2022

• Texas Employment Forecast

  The Texas Employment Forecast indicates that jobs will increase 3.5 percent in 2022, with an 80 percent confidence band of 3.2 to 3.7 percent.

  December 16, 2022

• Diversified San Antonio confronts economic divide among youth

  Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with San Antonio business and community leaders in mid-October in the third stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour.

  December 01, 2022

• Migration to Texas Fills Critical Gaps in Workforce, Human Capital

  Continuing to retain working-age Texans and attract new ones from around the country and abroad is vital to maintaining the state’s workforce—its human capital—as baby boomers retire and birth rates decline.

  November 29, 2022

• Does employers’ worker poaching explain the Beveridge curve’s odd behavior?

  Increased worker job-hopping may help explain the odd-shaped post-COVID Beveridge curve and the underlying employment behavior it depicts.

  November 22, 2022

• Texas Employment Forecast

  The Texas Employment Forecast indicates that jobs will increase 4.3 percent in 2022, with an 80 percent confidence band of 3.9 to 4.6 percent.

  November 18, 2022

• El Paso aims to end brain drain with global manufacturing, higher-paying jobs

  Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with El Paso business and community leaders in mid-October in the second stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour.

  November 10, 2022

• Texas Employment Forecast

  The Texas Employment Forecast indicates that jobs will increase 4.4 percent in 2022, with an 80 percent confidence band of 3.9 to 4.8 percent.

  October 21, 2022