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Federal Aid Helps Border Keep Pace with Texas Economy During Pandemic Turmoil

U.S. pandemic relief policies boosted the border economy, helping it keep pace with state growth. The restoration of trade with Mexico and a surprise migration surge also supported more-recent border economic activity.
Dallas Fed Economics

Mounting Signs Point to a Texas Economic Slowdown

The most recent jobs report showed state employment was flat in August. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.1 percent (from 4.0 percent in July), and labor force and wage growth also eased.
Dallas Fed Economics

Spanish-Speaking Growth in Texas Reinforces Need to Close Education Gaps

The Eleventh Federal Reserve District has the second-largest native Spanish-language population in the Federal Reserve System. That population will grow further as the number of Hispanics exceeds 20 million in Texas alone by 2050.
Dallas Fed Economics

Services, Construction Lead Texas as Manufacturing, Energy Soften

Sluggish growth in manufacturing is attributable to softening demand for durables, which appears tied to a slowing energy sector.
Dallas Fed Economics

Texas Economic Activity Stabilizes, but Slower Job Growth Is Ahead

Output growth in Texas has stabilized after a relatively robust 2018. However, a tight labor market, slowing energy activity and weakening global demand will restrain Texas growth during 2019, an assessment consistent with the Dallas Fed’s outlook for the year.
Dallas Fed Economics

Global Perspectives: Ursula Burns on Coaching, Diversity and Advancing the Next Generation of Female Leaders

Burns and Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan discussed her career, the importance of coaches and mentors, the case for quotas and advice for the next generation of female leaders.
Dallas Fed Economics

Texas Weekly Employment Estimate Provides New, Early Economic Insights

In this environment where economic conditions change very quickly and can reverse with the spread of the virus, tracking the Texas economy requires a timelier indicator than standard quarterly and monthly economic measures.
Dallas Fed Economics

Texas Economy Building Momentum to Start Year

Growth in the Texas economy picked up at year-end 2019 and accelerated into January and job gains in December were accompanied by service sector growth.
Dallas Fed Economics

What Can Be Learned from the Persistent Electric Power Outages in Texas?

Texas suffered massive power outages during unusually cold temperatures in February. Millions of households lost access not only to power but also to heat and water for days—a situation that was foreseeable and could have been avoided.
Dallas Fed Economics

Falling Oil Prices Drag Down U.S. Business Investment

The dramatic decline in the price of oil has led to massive investment reductions by U.S. oil and gas producers.
Dallas Fed Economics

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