Dallas Fed Economics Archive
Analysis and insights to enhance your understanding of the economy
February 2, 2021
W. Scott Frame, Brendan McCartney and Eva Steiner
The COVID-19-induced financial market shock in March 2020 significantly disrupted the market for agency mortgage-backed securities.
January 12, 2021
Sewon Hur
Stay-at-home subsidies funded by taxes on consumption and labor—activities that contribute to viral transmission—can simultaneously reduce deaths and increase output.
January 5, 2021
Sam Dannels, W. Scott Frame, Kristopher Gerardi and Joseph Tracy
Many first-time homebuyers—often with little savings and vulnerable to economic shocks—obtain their mortgages through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan program. Often, these borrowers are moving from apartments and have presumably weighed the costs of renting versus owning.
December 29, 2020
Lutz Kilian
Oil companies have felt compelled to react both in anticipation of new regulatory policies and in response to growing pressure from investors.
December 24, 2020
Keith R. Phillips and Judy Teng
Texas job growth has slowed after new daily COVID-19 cases in the state began surging in mid-October.
December 1, 2020
Mark A. Wynne
Mark Carney, special envoy for climate action and finance at the United Nations, discussed climate change and central banks, COVID-19 and central banking, the complementary roles of monetary and fiscal policy, and community engagement with Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan.
November 24, 2020
Mark A. Wynne
Taylor and Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan discussed the origins of the Taylor Rule, the dangers of holding monetary policy too accommodative for too long, the distributional effects of low interest rates and expanded central bank mandates.
November 17, 2020
Emma Marshall and Keith R. Phillips
The 2020 downturn has differed from past recessions in many ways, particularly affecting high-contact service industries that contain a large number of independent businesses with few employees.
November 12, 2020
Yichen Su and Carlee Crocker
Indicative of slowing job expansion, the Texas unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in September from 6.8 percent in August and exceeded the national rate (7.9 percent) for the first time since March.
November 10, 2020
Tyler Atkinson and Alex Richter
Data showing changes in labor force participation rates for several demographics reveal that women with children, especially Black women, have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.