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The only sectors that grew from June through September were professional and business services and construction. Read the full report here: https://t.co/Oz8Dc3PmfC
There’s still time to register for Global Perspectives: AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches and Rice University President Reginald DesRoches join Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan to discuss AI, the future workforce, and the economic outlook. https://t.co/7DPK9rbEKm
Austin employment fell an annualized 0.8 percent in September after declining 3.0 percent in August. Texas employment dipped 1.6 percent in September while employment nationally grew 0.2 percent. https://t.co/nvkZidu4JJ
Texas service sector activity rebounded in October, according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. Read the full report: https://t.co/jOpZDwvq1N
For this month’s survey, Texas business executives were asked supplemental questions on credit conditions. Results below include responses from participants from both the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey and Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. https://t.co/qktsnbn0bp
Texas manufacturing output growth slowed in October, according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. https://t.co/KdBh3wD24q
The WEI is currently 3.33 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Oct. 17 and 3.02 percent for Oct. 10. The 13-week moving average is 2.94 percent. https://t.co/GufT7TRXuH
Register for Global Perspectives: AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches and Rice University President Reginald DesRoches join Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan to discuss AI, the future workforce, and the economic outlook. https://t.co/7DPK9rcczU
The Texas Employment Forecast projects jobs will increase 0.9 percent in 2026, with an 80 percent confidence band of 0.6 to 1.2 percent. https://t.co/27SlfPecSP
According to new analysis asset managers have increasingly found the cash-futures basis trade less attractive relative to alternatives, including swaps linked to new debt issuance tied to data center construction in support of artificial intelligence (AI). https://t.co/VEnPteZias
New analysis of exchange rates and prices shows that fluctuations in exchange rates are largely driven by movements in financial markets rather than changes to monetary policy, and are largely disconnected from other prices in the economy. https://t.co/lEJbX5HY9z
While mortgage rates also play a role, U.S. housing affordability, based on real house prices and real disposable income, barely changed 2025Q2-2026Q2. Globally it's mixed—easier in some countries, harder in others. Check out the rest of the IHPD data at https://t.co/9n4a6FyfHA
The latest Southwest Economy Podcast breaks down how the data center bond market operates and what rising debt issuance means for AI growth, borrowers, and consumers. https://t.co/nA5vRs4LmH
The WEI is currently 2.71 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Oct. 3 and 2.97 percent for Sept. 26. The 13-week moving average is 2.88 percent. https://t.co/GufT7TRpF9
DALLAS—Fuel prices, including for diesel, are likely to remain elevated relative to crude oil prices even after shipping through the Strait of Hormuz normalizes, according to new analysis: https://t.co/4S7Zt36qiy
📺 Watch: Join us beginning at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Oct. 6 for Global Perspectives with Agustín Carstens. Carstens is the former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements and former governor of Banco de México. https://t.co/HQyr8Nx0Zg
Payrolls rose an annualized 1.6 percent from May to August, with the three-month job growth led by professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing. https://t.co/Lqk1fZo4o3
Dallas employment expanded an annualized 0.8 percent in August after a 0.6 percent increase the prior month. Since February 2020, employment in Dallas has risen 14.6 percent, outpacing the state (11.4 percent) and the nation (4.5 percent). https://t.co/4XjmJdcPgb