Louisiana

 

• Agricultural Survey

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

  September 23, 2024

• Old oil fields reimagined as lithium sources

  The Smackover Formation, extending broadly from East Texas to Florida, is ground zero in the effort to produce lithium from oilfield brines.

  September 20, 2024

• Funding to address broadband gaps in the Eleventh District

  This article examines Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act funding distribution in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico.

  May 20, 2024

• Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico laying groundwork for greater internet connectivity

  While the digital divide is wide in poor and more isolated areas of Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico, concerted efforts are taking shape across the region to close it.

  August 23, 2023

• Shreveport works to plug 'brain drain'

  President Lorie Logan's 360° Listening Tour is taking her to communities all around the Eleventh Federal Reserve District during her first year at the Dallas Fed. The tour is helping deepen her understanding of the region’s people and economy by adding color and perspective that go beyond official statistics.

  July 28, 2023

• Young adults are disconnected from work and school due to long-term labor force trends

  The sharp rise during the pandemic in young people who are neither in school nor working—often referred to as “opportunity youth”—is the exacerbation of a problem that has gradually worsened in the past two decades.

  April 06, 2023

• Greater Hispanic outreach can improve take-up of earned income tax credit

  Despite the Earned Income Tax Credit’s many benefits, a large percentage of qualified workers do not claim it.

  March 21, 2022

• Effects of COVID-19 on tourism, energy weigh on Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana

  Economic performance within the individual states of the Eleventh District reflected those states’ underlying relative dependence on the tourism and energy sectors and the effects of restrictions on mobility and engagement during COVID-19.

  March 23, 2021

• Domestic migration to Texas slows as national labor markets tighten

  Despite a strong economy and historically low unemployment rates in Texas, net domestic migration to Texas from other states has slowed since 2015.

  September 03, 2019

• Weathering the Storm: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations

  This report provides a brief overview of disaster recovery and its connection to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

  August 14, 2018