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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Texas Economy

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity picked up in September, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Texas Economy

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

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

  • Texas Economy

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity continued at a modest pace in July, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Texas Economy

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity decelerated sharply in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Southwest Economy, First Quarter 2022

    Cross-border manufacturing rises from pandemic lows

    Fabiola Luna, president of the Association of Maquiladoras, Index Ciudad Juárez, dicusses cross-border trade and the impact of the pandemic.