Southwest Economy

1992 - 2025

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2025

Texas’ economic outlook deteriorates as tariff-related uncertainty builds

Laila Assanie and Ethan Dixon

Santa Teresa port of entry navigates future during fraught time

Pia Orrenius

Eleventh District banks rely on core business, stay profitable as loan growth softens

Ben Munyan

Industrial building boom is bigger in Texas, signaling growth wave

Prithvi Kalkunte and Jesse Thompson

Mexico, U.S. and China offer an evolving ‘triangular’ trade relationship

Pia Orrenius

Weighing Texas economic resilience amid tariffs, workforce challenges

Pia Orrenius

New Mexico fuels U.S. crude oil output, funding for local programs

Garrett Golding, Diego Morales-Burnett and Kunal Patel

Shoring up water supply, curbing demand key to Texas’ future growth

Ethan Dixon, Robert Leigh and Pia Orrenius

Water restrictions, conservation a 24/7 routine in Abilene and the Big Country

Pia Orrenius

Waco building on ‘Fixer Upper,’ Baylor notoriety to reinvent itself

Emily Kerr

2024

Brownsville experiencing greatest growth burst ‘in my lifetime’

Pia Orrenius

Hang your hat in Texas: State remains a leader in firm relocations

Pia Orrenius, Oscar Parra, Ana Pranger and Madeline Zavodny

Development bank funds border infrastructure to aid U.S.–Mexico trade

Pia Orrenius

Federal deficit, tax inequities, entitlement programs vie for lawmakers’ attention

Pia Orrenius

Mexico’s productivity woes limit nearshoring, growth potential

Jesus Cañas, Sewon Hur and Braden Strackman

Texas high tech shakes off post-pandemic slump, readies new growth path

Emily Kerr, Robert Leigh and Luis Torres

Addressing Texas grid reliability: Time to go nuclear?

Garrett Golding, Prithvi Kalkunte and Emily Ryder Perlmeter

Podcast: Lagging productivity gains restrain Mexico’s economic prospects

Pia Orrenius

Strong peso, stubborn inflation cloud Mexico’s 2024 growth prospects

Jesus Cañas, Diego Morales-Burnett and Luis Torres

No bull: Cattle prices reach record high, herd size lowest since 1950

Emily Kerr

Electricity providers hard pressed to keep up with growing tech-heavy demand

Pia Orrenius

Cattle ranchers have no beef with sizzling prices as consumers keep buying

Pia Orrenius

Texas community banks grapple with national stresses as elevated rates pose new tests

Prithvi Kalkunte and Mariam Yousuf

Old oil fields reimagined as lithium sources

Vaughn Hajra, Michael Plante and Sasha Samperio

No need for Texas to come up dry in pursuit of adequate water supplies

Pia Orrenius

El Paso educator promotes student career gateway via community colleges

Pia Orrenius

New Mexico draws on energy, trade to spur economy

Laila Assanie, Isabel Brizuela and Robert Leigh

Electric reliability concerns spur Texas backup generation boom

Garrett Golding, Prithvi Kalkunte and Jesse Thompson

Eleventh District community banks outperform peers despite weaker credit quality

Seth Dunbar and Kelly Klemme

2023

Mexico recovering from pandemic slowdown; structural issues persist

Michael Weiss

Texas to get new type of refinery: a lithium refinery

Michael Plante and Jessica Rindels

Mexico awaits ‘nearshoring’ shift as China boosts its direct investment

Aparna Jayashankar and Luis Torres

Energy transition means more than just additional electric vehicles

Pia Orrenius

Texas’ cheap housing edge slipping away as resilient demand outpaces supply

Wenhua Di and Aparna Jayashankar

District banks meet challenging times from position of strength

Ben Munyan

Mexican IT services firm pitches ‘nearshoring’ as alternative to overseas ties

Jesus Cañas

Bankers, regulators absorb lessons of Silicon Valley Bank failure as new tests emerge

Pia Orrenius

Hotter summer days heat up Texans but chill the state economy

Aparna Jayashankar, Prithvi Kalkunte, Anil Kumar and Pia Orrenius

Strong U.S. labor market drives record remittances to Mexico

Jesus Cañas and Ana Pranger

State output remains distinctly Texan, while jobs mix increasingly resembles the U.S

Keighton Hines and Jesse Thompson

Fed credibility enhanced when public finds policymakers relatable

Pia Orrenius

Widening gap between rich and poor poses challenge to U.S

Pia Orrenius

New disruption from artificial intelligence exposes high-skilled workers

Ana Pranger and Yichen Su

WARN layoff notices signal easing Texas labor market

Prithvi Kalkunte and Luis Torres

2022, articles Third Quarter

New Dallas Fed President’s Observations, Outlook

Lorie Logan

Maquiladoras, Mexico’s Engine of Trade, Driven to Navigate Evolving Demand

Jesus Cañas

Supply Chains Slowly Mend as Texas Firms View Recovery in 2023

Emily Kerr and Christopher Slijk

Big Federal Stimulus, Home-Value Spike Won’t Ease Next Slump

Jason Saving

Globalization Remains a Force Despite Pandemic, Political Strains

Michael Weiss

Spotlight: Texas Exports Reach New Record Despite Strong Dollar

Mytiah Caldwell, Jesus Cañas and Luis Torres

Around the Region: Office Markets Slowly Emerge from Pandemic Slump

Laila Assanie

2022, articles Second Quarter

Looking Back: Harris County Five Years After Hurricane Harvey Hit

Luis Torres

Changing Economy Likely to Test Banks as Stimulus Ends, Growth Slows

Amy Chapel and Kory Killgo

Houston, Still an Energy Town, Largely Pins Growth on the Sector

Jesse Thompson

Crypto Miners Eye Texas for Energy Abundance; Banks View Digital Entrée

Jill Cetina and Ally Hoffman

Trade Binds Central America, Mexico to U.S. Despite Past Inequities

Michael Weiss

Spotlight: Federal Dollars Could Drive Electric Vehicle Charging Across Texas

Michael Plante and Jessica Rindels

Around the Region: Texas Home Prices Rose at Record Pace in 2021

Luis Torres

2022, articles Fourth Quarter

Less-tight labor market helps Texas grow faster than U.S. during pandemic

Anil Kumar

Spotlight—Increasing Texas power bills: Blame costlier natural gas, rising fees

Jesse Thompson

H-E-B seeks path during era of consumer wariness, persistently rising costs

Michael Weiss

Texas economy rides wave of changing technology and diffusion of know-how

Laila Assanie and Yichen Su

Around the region: Texas metro unemployment rates drop but remain above early 2020 levels

Pia Orrenius and Ana Pranger

Go Figure: If Texas were a country…

Ana Pranger

2022, articles First Quarter

Looking Back: Shale Oil Boom Gave Permian Basin a Second Life

Jesse Thompson

Students Cut College During Pandemic; Their Return Is Uncertain

Mytiah Caldwell and Wenhua Di

Turbulent Economy Tests Texans Who Lack Financial Knowledge

Emma Marshall, Pia Orrenius and Michael Weiss

Cross-Border Manufacturing Rises from Pandemic Lows

Michael Weiss

Spotlight: New Mexico Marijuana Legalization’s Costs, Benefits Remain Unclear

Keighton Hines and Pia Orrenius

Around the Region: Texas Reclaims Jobs Lost in Pandemic; Some Metros Still Trying to Catch Up

Juliette Coia and Pia Orrenius