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  • Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Texas factory activity declined in February for the first time since May 2020, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity slowed in January, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity resumed in December, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Texas Economy

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity receded in November, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • El Paso aims to end brain drain with global manufacturing, higher-paying jobs

    Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with El Paso business and community leaders in mid-October in the second stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour.

  • Texas Economy

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity continued in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    Automakers’ bold plans for electric vehicles spur U.S. battery boom

    Meeting ambitious manufacturing goals will require batteries—lots of them—as an electric vehicle (EV) can use hundreds to thousands of individual lithium-ion batteries.

  • Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2022

    Maquiladoras, Mexico’s engine of trade, driven to navigate evolving demand

    Mexico’s maquiladoras, an important generator of manufacturing and employment activity along the U.S.–Mexico border, confront a changing landscape. Evolving global trade patterns, reflecting stressed supply chains and increasing electric vehicle production, will test maquiladora agility and growth prospects.

  • Southwest Economy, Third Quarter 2022

    Supply chains slowly mend as Texas firms view recovery in 2023

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, disrupted global supply chains have strained Texas businesses trying to meet strong demand.

  • Texas Economy

    Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

    Growth in Texas factory activity picked up in September, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.