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Working Papers

2025

1. Has the Beige Book become disconnected from economic data?
   Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2. Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey: Survey Methodology, Performance and Forecast Accuracy
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
3. Texas economic sentiment upbeat amid price pressures, uncertainty
   Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2024

4. Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: Survey Methodology, Performance and Forecast Accuracy
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
5. Texas economy grows modestly; business outlooks brighten
   Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
6. Texas economy moderates toward more normal growth in 2024
   Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
7. Texas firms use AI with little employment impact so far
   Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2023

8. Texas modestly grows with soft landing likely
   Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
9. Wage growth still exceeds 3 percent despite slowing in business survey measures
   Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2022

10. Pace of Texas Economic Growth Slows as Supply-Chain, Staffing Woes Persist
    Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2021

11. Delta Surge Disrupts Texas Firms Less than Earlier COVID-19 Waves, Dallas Fed Surveys Say
    Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
12. Texas Economy Soft in January, but Outlook Optimistic for Later in 2021
    Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2020

13. Insights from Dallas Fed Surveys: Uneven Economic Recovery Likely in Texas
    Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
14. Texas Economy Building Momentum to Start Year
    Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2019

15. Failed Background Check, Drug Testing Stall Hiring of Low-Skilled Workers
    Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
16. Labor Scarcity, Trade Woes Squeeze Texas Business, Survey Finds
    Dallas Fed Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2014

17. Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey: survey methodology and performance
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Immigration crackdown likely contributing to weak Texas job growth
   Southwest Economy, 2025
2. Waco building on ‘Fixer Upper,’ Baylor notoriety to reinvent itself
   Southwest Economy, 2025

2024

3. No bull: Cattle prices reach record high, herd size lowest since 1950
   Southwest Economy, 2024
4. Texas high tech shakes off post-pandemic slump, readies new growth path
   Southwest Economy, 2024

2022

5. Supply Chains Slowly Mend as Texas Firms View Recovery in 2023
   Southwest Economy, 2022, (Third Quarter)

2021

6. COVID-19 Slammed into Texas, Leaving Long-Lasting Impacts
   Southwest Economy, 2021, (First Quarter)

2018

7. New Technology Boosts Texas Firms' Output, Alters Worker Mix
   Southwest Economy, 2018, (Q3), 3-6

2017

8. What’s Driving Wide Gap Between Cattle and Beef Prices?
   Southwest Economy, 2017, (Q2), 15-15

2014

9. Fed manufacturing surveys provide insight into national economy
   Economic Letter, 2014, 9, (12), 1-4

2012

10. Brutal drought depresses agriculture, thwarting U.S. and Texas economies
    Southwest Economy, 2012, (Q4), 10-13

2011

11. Spotlight: Texas service sector outlook survey completing the regional economic picture
    Southwest Economy, 2011, (Q2), 15
12. Texas economy to ride higher in the saddle in 2011
    Southwest Economy, 2011, (Q1), 3-7

2010

13. Natural gas from shale: Texas revolution goes global
    Southwest Economy, 2010, (Q3), 10-13 View citations (15)
14. Noteworthy: Texas agriculture: drought's end brings optimism
    Southwest Economy, 2010, (Q2), 15
15. Noteworthy: Texas exports: NAFTA markets spur trade turnaround
    Southwest Economy, 2010, (Q1), 15
16. Texas' Latino pay gaps: taking a closer look
    Southwest Economy, 2010, (Q1), 10-13

2009

17. Getting to the bottom of Texas' Latino pay gap
    Southwest Economy, 2009, (Q4), 3-7
18. Noteworthy: household income: Texas posts gain in otherwise tough year
    Southwest Economy, 2009, (Q4), 15
19. Noteworthy: venture capital: U.S. rises, but Texas continues its decline
    Southwest Economy, 2009, (Q3), 14
20. Spotlight: Farm real estate values: Texas holds steady in 2008, bucking U.S. trend
    Southwest Economy, 2009, (Q4), 10