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Modest growth in Texas service sector activity continues
Texas service sector activity expanded at about the same pace in August as the prior month, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of state service sector conditions, was little changed at 8.7.
August 27, 2024
Rents, home values depressed in air pollution hotspots
Wildfire smoke pollution may significantly affect housing market activity in locations hundreds or even thousands of miles away from the fires.
August 27, 2024
El Paso Economic Indicators
El Paso job growth picked up in July, and the unemployment rate fell. Housing permits ticked up, and trade volumes grew slightly.
August 26, 2024
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Texas factory activity exhibited little growth in August, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
August 26, 2024
Texas Economic Indicators
The Texas economy saw payroll employment contract for a second straight month in July, and initial unemployment claims rose, partly due to Hurricane Beryl.
August 22, 2024
San Antonio Economic Indicators
San Antonio payrolls grew slightly, and wages registered solid growth in July, while retail sales tax revenue slightly decreased.
August 22, 2024
Just Do IT? An Assessment of Inflation Targeting in a Global Comparative Case Study
This paper introduces novel measures to assess the effectiveness of inflation targeting (IT) and examines its performance across a broad sample of advanced economies (AEs) and emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs).
August 21, 2024
Xtpb: The Pooled Bewley Estimator of Long Run Relationships in Dynamic Heterogeneous Panels
This paper introduces a new Stata command, xtpb, that implements the Chudik, Pesaran and Smith (2023) Pooled Bewley (PB) estimator of long-run relationships in dynamic heterogeneous panel-data models.
August 20, 2024
Evolving leveraged loan covenants may pose novel transmission risk
An evolving change affecting the expanding, highly leveraged corporate loan sector may impact how the economy responds to adverse shocks.
August 20, 2024
Banking Conditions Survey
Loan volumes were flat in August after increasing in the prior two periods, according to banking executives responding to the Banking Conditions Survey.
August 19, 2024