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The overall personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation rate for September, released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), was 3.6 percent on a 12-month basis and an annualized 6.1 percent for the month. dallasfed.org/research/pce
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The WEI is currently 2.98 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Oct. 24 and 3.25 percent for Oct. 17. The 13-week moving average is 2.98 percent. dallasfed.org/research/wei
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The only sectors that grew from June through September were professional and business services and construction. Read the full report here: dallasfed.org/research/indic…
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There’s still time to register for Global Perspectives: AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches and Rice University President Reginald DesRoches join Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan to discuss AI, the future workforce, and the economic outlook. web.cvent.com/event/42500dbc…
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Austin employment fell an annualized 0.8 percent in September after declining 3.0 percent in August. Texas employment dipped 1.6 percent in September while employment nationally grew 0.2 percent. dallasfed.org/research/indic…
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Texas service sector activity rebounded in October, according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. Read the full report: lnkd.in/gt36JsjC
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For this month’s survey, Texas business executives were asked supplemental questions on credit conditions. Results below include responses from participants from both the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey and Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. dallasfed.org/research/surve…
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The WEI is currently 3.33 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Oct. 17 and 3.02 percent for Oct. 10. The 13-week moving average is 2.94 percent. dallasfed.org/research/wei
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Register for Global Perspectives: AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches and Rice University President Reginald DesRoches join Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan to discuss AI, the future workforce, and the economic outlook. web.cvent.com/event/42500dbc…
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The Texas Employment Forecast projects jobs will increase 0.9 percent in 2026, with an 80 percent confidence band of 0.6 to 1.2 percent. dallasfed.org/research/forec…
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According to new analysis asset managers have increasingly found the cash-futures basis trade less attractive relative to alternatives, including swaps linked to new debt issuance tied to data center construction in support of artificial intelligence (AI). dallasfed.org/research/econo…
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New analysis of exchange rates and prices shows that fluctuations in exchange rates are largely driven by movements in financial markets rather than changes to monetary policy, and are largely disconnected from other prices in the economy. dallasfed.org/research/econo…
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While mortgage rates also play a role, U.S. housing affordability, based on real house prices and real disposable income, barely changed 2025Q2-2026Q2. Globally it's mixed—easier in some countries, harder in others. Check out the rest of the IHPD data at dallasfed.org/research/inter…
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The latest Southwest Economy Podcast breaks down how the data center bond market operates and what rising debt issuance means for AI growth, borrowers, and consumers. dallasfed.org/research/swe/2…
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Learn how economic trends are shifting across the Eleventh District in the latest Beige Book: dallasfed.org/research/beige…
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The WEI is currently 2.71 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Oct. 3 and 2.97 percent for Sept. 26. The 13-week moving average is 2.88 percent. dallasfed.org/research/wei
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DALLAS—Fuel prices, including for diesel, are likely to remain elevated relative to crude oil prices even after shipping through the Strait of Hormuz normalizes, according to new analysis: dallasfed.org/research/econo…
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📺 Watch: Join us beginning at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Oct. 6 for Global Perspectives with Agustín Carstens. Carstens is the former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements and former governor of Banco de México. dallasfed.org/research/persp…
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