Economic Indicators
Energy Indicators
Natural gas liquids (NGLs) production increased in 2023, and exports grew to new heights. U.S. chemical production improved in 2023, helped by easing input costs. The petrochemicals sector saw softening prices, and the basic chemicals sector saw increasing real export values.
January 24, 2024
Southwest Economy
Brownsville experiencing greatest growth burst ‘in my lifetime’
Texas National Bank President Joe Quiroga, a lifelong resident of the Lower Rio Grande Valley area and Dallas Fed director, discusses the area’s rapid growth and its future prospects.
January 19, 2024
Economic Indicators
Texas Economic Indicators
The Texas economy expanded in November. Employment grew faster than in October, while unemployment remained flat.
January 05, 2024
Economic Indicators
Energy Indicators
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are expected to continue to grow into 2024. Global natural gas and heating oil prices are subdued as the winter outlook has moderated, while propane prices are increasing but remain significantly below last year’s levels.
January 04, 2024
Texas service sector activity rebounds
Growth in Texas service sector activity resumed in December, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
December 27, 2023
Texas Employment Forecast
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 3.2 percent in 2023, with an 80 percent confidence band of 3.1 to 3.3 percent.
December 22, 2023
Dallas Fed Economics
Texas economic activity, job growth weaken as 2023 closes
Texas economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter, with job growth falling sharply in October and business activity contracting slightly in November.
December 21, 2023
Southwest Economy
WARN layoff notices signal easing Texas labor market
Even with Texas employment growing rapidly and jobless rates remaining low in 2023, mass layoffs may be heading higher, according to notices of pending workforce reductions filed with state officials.
December 15, 2023
Widening gap between rich and poor poses challenge to U.S.
Economist Jeffrey Fuhrer, a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution and former Boston Fed director of research, discusses the nation’s income and wealth gaps and offers proposals to close them. Fuhrer’s recently published book, “The Myth that Made Us,” explores inequalities in the nation’s economic system.
December 13, 2023
Lubbock
Lubbock looks for new growth
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan's 360° Listening Tour is taking her to communities all around the Eleventh Federal Reserve District to deepen her understanding of the region’s people and economy.
December 01, 2023