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Concentrated poverty in the eleventh district

This issue of Banking and Community Perspectives analyzes the dynamics of concentrated poverty in rural and urban settings.
Banking and Community Perspectives , Issue 2 , Pages 3, 5-8

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Texas economy feels national pinch

Helped somewhat by a weak dollar and strong exports, Texas has shed manufacturing jobs at a 1.4 percent rate so far this year, a much slower pace than the nation?s 3.4 percent decline.
Southwest Economy , Issue Jul , Pages 10-13, 16

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Texas twist: why did state's unemployment fall below nation's?

Symbolic of Texas’ relative economic health during the recent recession, the unemployment rate has trailed U.S. joblessness by an average 1 percentage point since January 2007.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q3 , Pages 3-7

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Noteworthy: Texas exports: NAFTA markets spur trade turnaround

Upturns in the Mexican and Canadian economies, coupled with the dollar's declining value, fed strong Texas export growth in the second half of 2009. The state's real exports increased 15.8 percent from the second to fourth quarter, and the United States' NAFTA partners played a key role.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q1 , Pages 15

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Regional update : Texas economy continues to cool

Southwest Economy , Issue Mar , Pages 15

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Noteworthy: Fortune 500: Texas ties California for national lead

According to the 2010 Fortune 500, released in April, Texas hosts the headquarters of 57 of the nation's 500 largest companies, ranked by gross revenues. Texas secured its place as a Fortune 500 leader through its position as focal point of the domestic energy industry, its relatively strong economic growth over the past decade, and its relatively low tax rates and living costs.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q2 , Pages 15

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Spotlight: commercial real estate investment

As financial markets turned gloomy in August 2007, Dallas Fed business contacts began to note postponed commercial real estate deals, with scattered reports of lenders backing out, especially on larger transactions. Most of the executives expected credit disruptions would be brief and lending and investment would rebound in a short time.
Southwest Economy , Issue Sep , Pages 6-7

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Noteworthy: demographics, auto industry, Texas jobs

Southwest Economy , Issue Jul , Pages 14

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Spotlight: Imports and Exports: Container trade thriving in Texas

The real value of trade processed through Texas ports grew at nearly twice the national pace. Rapid growth in trade with Asia implies that containerized shipping--the movement of goods by standardized intermodal cargo containers--will play an increasingly prominent role. ; As container shipments to Texas increase, the need to transport containerized goods from West Coast ports by rail or truck will decrease. The comparative efficiency of shipping by sea is well noted. Further efficiencies will likely be realized through economies of scale as larger ships pass through the expanded Panama ...
Southwest Economy , Issue Q3 , Pages 15

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President's perspective

Dallas Fed President Richard W. Fisher discusses economic conditions in Texas, and the specialized tools used by the Dallas Research Department to analyze the Texas economy.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q3 , Pages 2

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