Manufacturing

 

• Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

  Texas factory activity expanded slightly in March after contracting in February, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  March 27, 2023

• Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

  Texas factory activity declined in February for the first time since May 2020, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  February 27, 2023

• Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

  Growth in Texas factory activity slowed in January, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  January 30, 2023

• Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

  Growth in Texas factory activity resumed in December, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  December 27, 2022

• Texas Economy

  Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

  Growth in Texas factory activity receded in November, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  November 28, 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 Economy

  Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

  Growth in Texas factory activity continued in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  October 31, 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

• Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2022

  Maquiladoras, Mexico’s engine of trade, driven to navigate evolving demand

  Mexico’s maquiladoras, an important generator of manufacturing and employment activity along the U.S.–Mexico border, confront a changing landscape. Evolving global trade patterns, reflecting stressed supply chains and increasing electric vehicle production, will test maquiladora agility and growth prospects.

  October 03, 2022

• Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2022

  Supply chains slowly mend as Texas firms view recovery in 2023

  Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, disrupted global supply chains have strained Texas businesses trying to meet strong demand.

  October 03, 2022