A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
Texas electricity providers draw on variety of sources
Jim Burke, president and chief executive officer of Vistra Corp., the largest competitive power producer in the country, discusses the outlook for electric power generation in Texas as data centers and artificial intelligence demands are expected to reframe the business.
December 12, 2025
Texas Employment Forecast, December 11
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 0.9 percent in 2025, with an 80 percent confidence band of 0.7 to 1.1 percent.
December 11, 2025
Weekly Economic Index
The WEI is currently 2.29 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Dec. 6 and 2.26 percent for Nov. 29.
December 11, 2025
Trimmed Mean PCE, September 2025
The Trimmed Mean PCE inflation rate over the 12 months ending in September was 2.7 percent. According to the BEA, the overall PCE inflation rate was 2.8 percent on a 12-month basis, and the inflation rate for PCE excluding food and energy was 2.8 percent on a 12-month basis.
December 5, 2025
Texas Economic Indicators, November 2025
Growth in the Texas economy appears to be slowing. The November Texas Business Outlook Surveys indicated slight increase in employment and mixed output growth.
December 4, 2025
Eleventh District Beige Book
Economic activity in the Eleventh District weakened slightly over the reporting period. Declines were seen in nonfinancial services, retail, and banking. Weakness continued in the housing market, and energy activity was flat.
November 26, 2025
Texas service sector activity retreats slightly
Texas service sector activity contracted in November, though at a slower pace than in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
November 25, 2025
Consumption concentration may be up, adding slightly to economic fragility
Analysts have taken notice of the large share of total U.S. spending attributable to the very highest earners. The concerns are that the emergence of K-shaped growth—bifurcated activity at an elevated rate among high earners and much more restrained among most others—may put the U.S. in greater economic peril.
November 25, 2025
Texas Business Outlook Surveys - Special Questions
The Dallas Fed asked a series of special questions in the Texas Business Outlook Surveys on margins, demand, employment and productivity.
November 24, 2025
Texas manufacturing activity accelerates, though employment remains flat
Texas factory activity expanded at a markedly faster pace in November, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
November 24, 2025