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Weekly Economic Index
The WEI is currently 2.58 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Feb. 14 and 2.43 percent for Feb. 7.
February 19, 2026
Keeping bank depositors still comes down to rates
How does a bank attract deposits and remain competitive when rates fluctuate and depositors are increasingly mobile? Managing the bank deposit franchise is a cornerstone of bank profitability and stability, and doing so has been challenging during the rapid rise in interest rates in 2022 and the subsequent regional banking turmoil.
February 19, 2026
Rio Grande Valley Economic Indicators, fourth quarter 2025
Employment increased in the Rio Grande Valley, while joblessness fell in the three months ended in December. Year-over-year wages declined in both metros. Cross-border trade continued to fall.
February 18, 2026
Mean Group and Pooled Mixed-Frequency Estimators of Responses of Low-Frequency Variables to High-Frequency Shocks
This paper proposes mean group and pooled estimators of impulse responses based on mixed-frequency auxiliary distributed lag (DL), autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) or vector autoregressive distributed lag (VARDL) estimating equations.
February 17, 2026
Bankers report sustained growth in loan volume and demand
Loan volume and demand continued to increase in February. The expansion in overall loan volume has been supported entirely by commercial real estate loans; residential real estate, consumer and commercial and industrial loan volumes have been declining since the end of 2025.
February 17, 2026
Lessons from the destabilization of inflation in the 1970s
Interest has recently increased in the question of whether the destabilization of inflation during the 1970s might repeat itself in the 2020s.
February 17, 2026
Mexico's economy rebounds in fourth quarter 2025
Mexico's economy expanded at year-end 2025. GDP grew 1.2 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter after contracting 0.2 percent in the third quarter.
February 13, 2026
Houston Economic Indicators
Houston’s labor market contracted from September through December 2025. Early benchmarking of employment data removed previously estimated job gains, bringing full-year 2025 job growth in Houston to near zero on-net.
February 13, 2026
San Antonio Economic Indicators, February 2026
San Antonio payrolls rose, while the unemployment rate ticked down in December. Wages registered a strong annual increase. Home inventories were flat, while the median sales price declined. Apartment rents declined from a year prior and remained lower than the state and nation.
February 13, 2026
Texas Economic Indicators, December 2025
The Texas economy decelerated at the end of 2025. Overall, employment growth slowed notably in Texas and major metro areas in 2025 relative to 2024, though payrolls expanded in December.
February 12, 2026