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

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