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  • Energy Indicators

    U.S. oil and natural gas rig counts declined in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the first quarter of 2024. U.S. days of supply of crude, gasoline and distillate were above the five-year average. U.S. retail fuel prices were down in March along with Brent crude oil. The U.S. producer price index (PPI) for electricity increased.

  • Agricultural Survey

    Bankers responding to the first-quarter survey reported sustained dry conditions across most regions of the Eleventh District.

  • Decline in bank stress likely to continue as interest rates normalize

    While the key measures suggest that conditions that hamper a bank’s resilience to economic adversity are marginally higher than before the pandemic in 2019, we expect further declines in bank stress levels as interest rates normalize.

  • Energy Indicators

    Natural gas liquids production increased in 2024 as did exports. The number of U.S. chemical railcar loadings remained flat compared to last year. Intermediate chemical prices have risen in recent months, while chemical export numbers, adjusted for inflation, are on the decline.

  • Energy Indicators

    U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are expected to continue to grow further into 2025. From October 2024 through the beginning of this year, U.S. natural gas and heating oil prices remained fairly steady.

  • Eleventh District community banks outperform peers despite weaker credit quality

    Eleventh District community banks will likely continue to outperform their nationwide peers in terms of profitability, given their larger share of noninterest-bearing deposits.

  • Agricultural Survey

    Bankers responding to the fourth-quarter agricultural survey reported persistent weak conditions across most regions of the Eleventh District.

  • Research Department Working Papers

    Do Human Capital Adjustments Protect Youths from Structural Change?

    This paper studies the effects of exposure to structural labor demand shocks during youth and adolescence on human capital accumulation and later-life earnings.

  • Northern Louisiana economy

    Your source for information on the northern Louisiana economy and the Eleventh Federal Reserve District.

  • Agricultural Survey

    Bankers responding to the third-quarter agricultural survey reported weaker conditions across most regions of the Eleventh District.