In 1987, Texas exported $25 billion worth of merchandise to foreign countries. Twenty-six percent, or $6.5 billion, of … those exports went south to Mexico. By 1994, Texas merchandise exports to Mexico had grown to more than $18.5 billion per … year (in 1987 constant dollars). Texas merchandise exports to Mexico (in real terms) have grown more than 10 percent a year …

In this article, Keith R. Phillips revises the Texas index of leading economic indicators that he introduced two years … Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has produced the Texas leading index monthly since July 1988. ; Using a newly developed … technique for evaluating leading indexes, Phillips finds that the revised Texas leading index has performed well in predicting …

In Texas during the 1980s, service-sector employment rose, goods-sector employment declined, and the average real wage … Texas during the 1980s. Slow wage growth primarily resulted from weak wage expansion in both the goods and service sectors …

The Texas Industrial Production Index (TIPI) measures the output of the manufacturing, mining, and utility sectors of … the Texas economy. These sectors are of special interest because of their sensitivity to business cycles and because of … the size (albeit declining) of the Texas mining sector. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has published TIPI since 1958 …

Texas industry employment. They find that while a few industries are moderately sensitive to interest rate movements, most … Texas industries are insensitive to changes in real interest rates. Moreover, they find that Texas total nonagricultural … influence the composition of Texas employment rather than its level. …