Dallas Fed Economics
Record-breaking Texas summer heat tests the grid, ERCOT operations
Texas just witnessed its second-hottest summer ever and its highest electricity demand without experiencing interruption to electricity delivery.
October 17, 2023
Dallas Fed Economics
Texas economic activity strengthens despite slowing job growth, greater price resistance
Texas employment growth slowed even as overall activity strengthened in August and September. Resistance to price increases rose.
September 28, 2023
Texas Economic Indicators
Texas economic expansion slowed in August. Employment growth moderated, and unemployment remained flat.
September 27, 2023
Growth in Texas service activity moderates
Texas service sector activity expanded at a slower pace in September, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
September 26, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Growth in Texas factory activity resumed in September, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
September 25, 2023
Texas Employment Forecast
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates that jobs will increase 2.9 percent in 2023, with an 80 percent confidence band of 2.6 to 3.3 percent.
September 15, 2023
Texas Economic Indicators
The Texas economy expanded further in July. Employment grew in most sectors and major metros.
September 14, 2023
Dallas Fed Economics
New office buildings rise on Texas skyline despite difficult market
Despite persistent remote work arrangements and high vacancies in existing office buildings, construction cranes erecting new office space continue to dot Texas skylines.
September 05, 2023
Growth in service activity continues as price and wage pressures pick up in August
Texas service sector activity expanded at a slightly faster pace in August, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
August 29, 2023
Dallas Fed Economics
Texas natives likeliest to ‘stick’ around, pointing to state’s economic health
Based on a calculation measuring the share of people born in each state who still live there, Texas is the nation’s “stickiest” state. The natives aren’t leaving.
August 29, 2023