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
Dallas Fed Economics
Diverse, resilient Houston looking at moving beyond traditional energy base
Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with Houston business and community leaders earlier this month in the stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour.
October 20, 2022
Dallas Fed Economics
Whose wages are falling behind the least amid surging inflation?
For a majority of workers, wages didn’t increase as fast as inflation in the 12 months ended in second quarter 2022. Here, we dig deeper to see how outcomes may have differed across groups of workers.
October 18, 2022
Dallas Fed Economics
More workers find their wages falling even further behind inflation
While the past 25 years have witnessed episodes that show either a greater incidence or larger magnitude of real wage declines, the current time period is unparalleled in terms of the challenge employed workers face.
October 04, 2022
Consumption and Hours in the United States and Europe
This paper documents large differences between the United States and Europe in allocations of expenditures and time for both market and home activities.
September 08, 2022
Dallas Fed Economics
Shift to working from home diminished large cities’ productivity premium
Since the start of the pandemic, the reduced presence of in-office workers has reduced the wage premium attached to large cities and may have diminished the productivity edge of these areas.
August 30, 2022
Texas Employment Forecast
The Texas Employment Forecast estimates that jobs will increase 5.2 percent in 2022, with an 80 percent confidence band of 4.5 to 5.8 percent.
August 19, 2022
Dallas Fed Communities
Lowest-income workers see accelerated earnings growth during pandemic
In many respects, the pandemic has disproportionately harmed low-income workers. Earnings growth, triggered by labor shortages and high turnover rates, could be a rare exception.
August 08, 2022
Dallas Fed Economics
U.S. likely didn’t slip into recession in early 2022 despite negative GDP growth
Most indicators—particularly those measuring labor markets—provide strong evidence that the U.S. economy did not fall into a recession in the first quarter.
August 02, 2022
Heterogeneity and the Effects of Aggregation on Wage Growth
This paper focuses on the implications of alternative methods of aggregating individual wage data for the behavior of economy-wide wage growth.
August 01, 2022