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  • Texas Economic Indicators

    The Texas economy expanded in March. Employment and earnings both rose. The April Texas Business Outlook Surveys showed a notable decline in company outlooks.

  • Texas Economy

    Growth resumes in Texas service sector, but company outlooks deteriorated further

    Texas service sector activity grew slightly in April, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of state service sector conditions, rose three points to 3.8, indicating a small increase in revenue.

  • Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Texas factory activity continued to rise in April. The production index, a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, was largely unchanged. Other measures of manufacturing activity signaled contraction, however.

  • Job cyclicality provides timely signals on Texas, U.S. business cycle

    The cyclicality of industries and their behavior provide early indications of economic turning points in Texas and the U.S. and provide a timelier view than other data that are widely used to confirm downturns and expansions.

  • Texas Employment Forecast

    The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 1.5 percent in 2025, with an 80 percent confidence band of 0.8 to 2.2 percent.

  • Water restrictions, conservation a 24/7 routine in Abilene and the Big Country

    Steve Estes, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Taylor County, offers his perspective on how ranchers, farmers and city dwellers can collectively work to ensure that the area makes the best decisions regarding precious water resources

  • Shoring up water supply, curbing demand key to Texas’ future growth

    Funding for water infrastructure improvements has emerged as a priority for the Legislature during its 2025 legislative session. Absent changes to policy, Texans could face significant water shortages during droughts and constraints on future growth and economic development.

  • Texas Economic Indicators

    The Texas economy expanded in February. Employment growth was solid, and sales tax revenue increased broadly.

  • Texas economic outlook downbeat as uncertainty increases

    The Texas economy grew slightly below trend through the first quarter of 2025. While job growth appears just off its long-term annual trend rate of about 2.1 percent, the Dallas Fed Texas Business Outlook Surveys (TBOS) point to slowing activity in both the services and manufacturing sectors.

  • Texas Economy

    Growth decelerates in Texas service sector as company outlooks worsen

    Texas service sector activity stalled in March, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.