Regional Economic Indicators
Compiled by the Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Percent change
from
Current Previous Year ago Previous
Period Value Period Value Period Value Period Year
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Texas Indexes (1987=100)
Industrial production Sep. 09 139.7 Aug. 09 139.6 Sep. 08 145.1 0.0 -3.8
Manufacturing Sep. 09 141.4 Aug. 09 142.1 Sep. 08 145.0 -0.5 -2.5
Leading indicators Sep. 09 108.3 Aug. 09 107.9 Sep. 08 118.3 0.4 -8.4
Real Gross Product QII 09 124.1 QI 09 124.3 QII 08 124.8 -0.2 -0.6
Nonagricultural employment (thousands)
Total
Texas Oct. 0910249.8 Sep. 0910246.8 Oct. 0810635.0 0.0 -3.6
New Mexico Oct. 09 818.9 Sep. 09 818.2 Oct. 08 846.3 0.1 -3.2
Louisiana Oct. 09 1905.9 Sep. 09 1907.8 Oct. 08 1949.9 -0.1 -2.3
Manufacturing
Texas Oct. 09 805.7 Sep. 09 807.4 Oct. 08 915.9 -0.2 -12.0
New Mexico Oct. 09 30.1 Sep. 09 29.9 Oct. 08 34.6 0.7 -13.0
Louisiana Oct. 09 140.7 Sep. 09 140.4 Oct. 08 151.0 0.2 -6.8
Private service-producing
Texas Oct. 09 6818.1 Sep. 09 6807.9 Oct. 08 7009.3 0.1 -2.7
New Mexico Oct. 09 520.8 Sep. 09 521.8 Oct. 08 536.1 -0.2 -2.9
Louisiana Oct. 09 1211.6 Sep. 09 1211.9 Oct. 08 1237.5 -0.0 -2.1
Unemployment rates (percent)
Texas Oct. 09 8.3 Sep. 09 8.2 Oct. 08 5.3 0.1 3.0
Dallas Oct. 09 8.7 Sep. 09 8.4 Oct. 08 5.7 0.3 3.0
Ft. Worth-Arlington Oct. 09 8.7 Sep. 09 8.4 Oct. 08 5.4 0.3 3.3
Houston Oct. 09 8.8 Sep. 09 8.4 Oct. 08 5.4 0.4 3.4
New Mexico Oct. 09 7.9 Sep. 09 7.7 Oct. 08 4.5 0.2 3.4
Louisiana Oct. 09 7.4 Sep. 09 7.4 Oct. 08 5.5 0.0 1.9
Consumer prices (1982-1984=100)
Dallas-Ft. Worth Sep. 09 200.3 Aug. 09 200.1 Sep. 08 204.3 0.1 -2.0
Houston Aug. 09 191.5 Jul. 09 192.3 Aug. 08 192.5 -0.4 -0.5
Personal income (billions of dollars)
Texas QII 09 891.1 QI 09 890.4 QII 08 911.4 0.1 -2.2
New Mexico QII 09 63.3 QI 09 62.8 QII 08 63.8 0.6 -0.9
Louisiana QII 09 153.1 QI 09 153.3 QII 08 155.8 -0.2 -1.8
Construction (Employment and permits in thousands, contract values in millions of dollars)
Texas
Employment Oct. 09 566.4 Sep. 09 577.4 Oct. 08 674.0 -1.9 -16.0
Residential permits Sep. 09 7.6 Aug. 09 7.1 Sep. 08 9.5 7.1 -20.7
Nonres. contract value Oct. 09 1744.4 Sep. 09 1376.2 Oct. 08 1735.5 26.8 0.5
New Mexico
Employment Oct. 09 47.2 Sep. 09 47.9 Oct. 08 54.9 -1.5 -14.0
Residential permits Sep. 09 0.4 Aug. 09 0.4 Sep. 08 0.4 1.1 -1.3
Nonres. contract value Oct. 09 63.2 Sep. 09 64.8 Oct. 08 60.8 -2.5 3.9
Louisiana
Employment Oct. 09 135.7 Sep. 09 136.4 Oct. 08 138.5 -0.5 -2.0
Residential permits Sep. 09 1.1 Aug. 09 1.1 Sep. 08 1.5 -4.1 -27.9
Nonres. contract value Oct. 09 224.9 Sep. 09 277.6 Oct. 08 263.3 -19.0 -14.6
Energy
Price of W. Tx. crude Nov. 09 78.67 Oct. 09 75.82 Nov. 08 57.28 3.7 37.3
Rotary Rigs Running
Texas Nov. 09 420.1 Oct. 09 386.8 Nov. 08 899.3 8.6 -53.3
New Mexico Nov. 09 46.5 Oct. 09 45.4 Nov. 08 81.5 2.4 -42.9
Louisiana Nov. 09 161.9 Oct. 09 155.6 Nov. 08 181.9 4.0 -11.0
Financial (billions of dollars)
Eleventh District deposits at banks,
S&Ls, credit unions Jun. 09 284.4 May 09 281.4 Jun. 08 258.1 1.1 10.2
Agricultural land values (Eleventh district, dollars per acre)
Dryland QII 09 1338.7 QI 09 1339.2 QII 08 1290.6 -0.0 3.7
Irrigated cropland QII 09 1553.4 QI 09 1499.6 QII 08 1352.7 3.6 14.8
Ranchland QII 09 1144.9 QI 09 1132.6 QII 08 1150.9 1.1 -0.5
PRINT
| CLOSE