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  • Texas Employment Forecast

    The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 1.9 percent in 2025, with an 80 percent confidence band of 1.2 to 2.6 percent.

  • Even a ‘miracle’ needs a safety net: Texas leads in growth, lags elsewhere

    While experiencing exceptional economic growth over the past decade, data show that Texas is last or lagging the nation in several key areas.

  • Texas Employment Forecast

    The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 1.9 percent in 2025, with an 80 percent confidence band of 1.2 to 2.6 percent.

  • 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.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    As population trends shift, where will future workers come from?

    Population is a fundamental determinant of a country’s productive capacity. More specifically, labor, along with capital and the efficiency with which the two can be combined (total factor productivity) determine how much a country can produce at any point in time.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    Inflation stress and concern remain elevated despite stabilizing prices

    Despite consumer price inflation falling considerably since peaking in 2022, household inflation-related stress and concern remain elevated, having dropped only slightly.

  • Texas Employment Forecast

    The Texas Employment Forecast estimates jobs will increase 1.6 percent in 2024, with an 80 percent confidence band of 1.5 to 1.7 percent.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    Rising unemployment doesn’t counter signs of strong GDP growth

    Real (inflation-adjusted) GDP grew strongly during the second and third quarters of 2024, increasing at an annualized pace of 2.9 percent. Yet, the unemployment rate also rose 0.4 percentage points, an unusually large amount except during recessions.

  • Working Papers

    Labor Market Effects of Worker- and Employer-Targeted Immigration Enforcement

    This paper finds that immigration enforcement at the worksite is more effective when targeting the employer, such as conducting an audit, than when targeting the workers, such as in a raid.

  • Texas Employment Forecast

    The Texas Employment Forecast estimates jobs will increase 2.2 percent in 2024, with an 80 percent confidence band of 2.0 to 2.4 percent.