A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
El Paso Economic Indicators
Employment in El Paso grew in December, and the unemployment rate fell slightly. Wages in the metro area rose, though at a slower rate than in the state. Existing-home sales increased further, while months of inventory held steady.
February 10, 2025
Texas Economic Outlook 2025
Pia Orrenius, vice president and senior economist, released the Dallas Fed's forecast for Texas employment growth and shared more details on the factors likely to influence Texas in 2025 at the annual Texas Economic Outlook event.
February 7, 2025
Texas Employment Forecast
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 1.6 percent in 2025, with an 80 percent confidence band of 0.8 to 2.4 percent.
February 7, 2025
Opening remarks for panel on ‘Future challenges for monetary policy in the Americas’
At the Bank for International Settlements’ Chapultepec Conference, Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan discussed future challenges for monetary policy in the Americas and the role of the neutral interest rate.
February 6, 2025
Houston Economic Indicators
Houston’s labor market ended 2024 with below-trend job growth year over year. However, the unemployment rate fell from 4.6 in November 2024 to 4.2 percent in December 2024. Houston’s energy industry continues to show strength.
February 5, 2025
Industrial building boom is bigger in Texas, signaling growth wave
Texas is undergoing a boom in technology and energy-related construction that follows a pandemic-era warehouse and logistics building surge.
February 5, 2025
San Antonio Economic Indicators
San Antonio payrolls and wages grew in December. Retail sales tax revenue ticked up, and unemployment ticked down. The supply of existing homes stayed stable as home prices rose.
February 4, 2025
Texas economic sentiment upbeat amid price pressures, uncertainty
Texas companies reported rising service sector revenue and a resumption of production growth in the manufacturing sector after weakness in 2023 and much of 2024, according to the Dallas Fed’s Texas Business Outlook Surveys (TBOS).
February 4, 2025
Unequal Climate Policy in an Unequal World
This paper studies climate policy in an economy with heterogeneous households, two types of goods (clean and dirty), and a climate externality from the dirty good.
January 31, 2025
The Impact of the 2022 Oil Embargo and Price Cap on Russian Oil Prices
This paper documents the effect of the oil embargo and price cap on Russian oil exports in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
January 31, 2025