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 Mar. 08 143.0 Feb. 08 142.8 Mar. 07 140.8 0.1 1.6
Manufacturing Mar. 08 144.7 Feb. 08 144.7 Mar. 07 142.6 0.0 1.5
Leading indicators Mar. 08 123.9 Feb. 08 125.2 Mar. 07 125.9 -1.1 -1.6
Real Gross Product QIV 07 125.7 QIII 07 125.1 QIV 06 122.2 0.5 2.9
Nonagricultural employment (thousands)
Total
Texas Mar. 0810546.6 Feb. 0810535.3 Mar. 0710309.9 0.1 2.3
New Mexico Mar. 08 851.3 Feb. 08 848.2 Mar. 07 843.1 0.4 1.0
Louisiana Mar. 08 1939.7 Feb. 08 1939.9 Mar. 07 1910.0 -0.0 1.6
Manufacturing
Texas Mar. 08 931.0 Feb. 08 932.3 Mar. 07 932.7 -0.1 -0.2
New Mexico Mar. 08 35.3 Feb. 08 35.5 Mar. 07 37.8 -0.6 -6.6
Louisiana Mar. 08 158.2 Feb. 08 159.3 Mar. 07 157.0 -0.7 0.8
Private service-producing
Texas Mar. 08 7004.9 Feb. 08 6991.7 Mar. 07 6814.8 0.2 2.8
New Mexico Mar. 08 541.4 Feb. 08 538.9 Mar. 07 532.2 0.5 1.7
Louisiana Mar. 08 1230.5 Feb. 08 1227.8 Mar. 07 1214.6 0.2 1.3
Unemployment rates (percent)
Texas Mar. 08 4.3 Feb. 08 4.1 Mar. 07 4.4 0.2 -0.1
Dallas Mar. 08 4.4 Feb. 08 4.2 Mar. 07 4.2 0.2 0.2
Ft. Worth-Arlington Mar. 08 4.2 Feb. 08 4.0 Mar. 07 4.2 0.2 0.0
Houston Mar. 08 4.3 Feb. 08 4.0 Mar. 07 4.3 0.3 0.0
New Mexico Mar. 08 3.7 Feb. 08 3.2 Mar. 07 3.7 0.5 0.0
Louisiana Mar. 08 4.5 Feb. 08 3.7 Mar. 07 3.9 0.8 0.6
Consumer prices (1982-1984=100)
Dallas-Ft. Worth Mar. 08 199.4 Feb. 08 198.7 Mar. 07 190.8 0.4 4.5
Houston Feb. 08 187.3 Jan. 08 188.5 Feb. 07 180.9 -0.6 3.5
Personal income (billions of dollars)
Texas QIV 07 904.2 QIII 07 892.6 QIV 06 841.7 1.3 7.4
New Mexico QIV 07 62.4 QIII 07 61.8 QIV 06 58.6 1.0 6.4
Louisiana QIV 07 151.5 QIII 07 150.2 QIV 06 136.9 0.9 10.7
Construction (Employment and permits in thousands, contract values in millions of dollars)
Texas
Employment Mar. 08 655.9 Feb. 08 658.0 Mar. 07 636.0 -0.3 3.1
Residential permits Mar. 08 11.7 Feb. 08 11.4 Mar. 07 14.8 3.3 -20.9
Nonres. contract value Mar. 08 1645.3 Feb. 08 1323.4 Mar. 07 1603.2 24.3 2.6
New Mexico
Employment Mar. 08 59.4 Feb. 08 59.0 Mar. 07 59.1 0.7 0.5
Residential permits Mar. 08 0.5 Feb. 08 0.7 Mar. 07 0.8 -30.0 -40.8
Nonres. contract value Mar. 08 118.4 Feb. 08 92.3 Mar. 07 114.6 28.3 3.3
Louisiana
Employment Mar. 08 136.6 Feb. 08 137.5 Mar. 07 132.5 -0.7 3.1
Residential permits Mar. 08 1.5 Feb. 08 1.5 Mar. 07 1.8 -3.2 -17.2
Nonres. contract value Mar. 08 200.5 Feb. 08 243.2 Mar. 07 262.4 -17.6 -23.6
Energy
Price of W. Tx. crude May 08 119.65 Apr. 08 112.33 May 07 63.46 6.5 88.5
Rotary Rigs Running
Texas May 08 878.1 Apr. 08 879.8 May 07 821.0 -0.2 7.0
New Mexico May 08 77.4 Apr. 08 80.7 May 07 77.3 -4.0 0.2
Louisiana May 08 150.8 Apr. 08 144.2 May 07 180.5 4.6 -16.5
Financial (billions of dollars)
Eleventh District deposits at banks,
S&Ls, credit unions Mar. 08 267.0 Feb. 08 265.6 Mar. 07 190.4 0.5 40.2
Agricultural land values (Eleventh district, dollars per acre)
Dryland QIV 07 1224.3 QIII 07 1167.7 QIV 06 1004.8 4.8 21.8
Irrigated cropland QIV 07 1324.2 QIII 07 1276.9 QIV 06 1134.6 3.7 16.7
Ranchland QIV 07 1141.4 QIII 07 1112.1 QIV 06 1002.9 2.6 13.8
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