Dallas Fed recent additions

• Dirty air from wildfires casts a cloud over household finances

  Using California's Camp Fire as a natural laboratory, this article examines the effects of both fire and smoke-related air pollution on household credit card spending and repayment.

  September 24, 2024

• Marriage Market Sorting in the U.S.

  This paper examines shifts in the U.S. marriage market, assessing how online dating, demographic changes and evolving societal norms influence mate choice and broader sorting trends.

  September 23, 2024

• Exchange Rate Determination Under Limits to CIP Arbitrage

  Recent theories of exchange rate determination have emphasized limited UIP arbitrage by international financial institutions. New regulations since 2008 have also led to imperfect CIP arbitrage. This paper shows that under limited CIP arbitrage the exchange rate and CIP deviation are jointly determined by equilibrium in the FX spot and swap markets.

  September 23, 2024

• Agricultural Survey

  Bankers responding to the third-quarter agricultural survey reported weaker conditions across most regions of the Eleventh District.

  September 23, 2024

• Texas Employment Forecast

  The Texas Employment Forecast estimates jobs will increase 2.2 percent in 2024, with an 80 percent confidence band of 1.9 to 2.5 percent.

  September 20, 2024

• Do Bill Shocks Induce Energy Efficiency Investments?

  This paper studies whether electricity bill shocks draw attention to the benefits of home energy efficiency investments.

  September 20, 2024

• Growth at Texas A&M means growth for College Station

  Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan's 360° Listening Tour is taking her to communities all around the Eleventh Federal Reserve District. The tour is helping deepen her understanding of the region’s people and economy by adding color and perspective that go beyond official statistics.

  September 20, 2024

• Old oil fields reimagined as lithium sources

  The Smackover Formation, extending broadly from East Texas to Florida, is ground zero in the effort to produce lithium from oilfield brines.

  September 20, 2024

• Opening Remarks for FIA Forum: Commodities 2024, Panel Discussion on the 2025 Outlook

  Remarks by Sam Schulhofer-Wohl at the FIA Forum: Commodities 2024

  September 18, 2024

• Opening remarks for the Eleventh District Banking Conference

  Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan delivered these remarks via prerecorded video at the Eleventh District Banking Conference on Sept. 16, 2024.

  September 17, 2024