The El Paso Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas held a daylong conference, “U.S.–Mexico Manufacturing: Common Bonds,” in November 2010 to assess the future of U.S.–Mexico trade in manufactured goods following the global recession. Speakers reviewed the prospects for bilateral...

The Mexican economy has grown robustly following the worst recession since the peso crisis of 1994. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth surged 5.4 percent in 2010, surpassing expectations. Though the pace of expansion slowed in early 2011 as the U.S. engine sputtered, forecasts call for a slight...

The Texas experiment in extracting natural gas from the Barnett Shale proved the technical feasibility of shale gas development and brought costs within bounds that promise to give shale gas an important role in global energy supplies for decades to come. ; Shale gas cost estimates vary widely,...

A lack of data has limited our understanding of the distribution of maquiladora activity. Recently, Mexico's chief statistical agency provided previously unpublished information that will allow us to draw a more detailed portrait. ; We take a preliminary look at where specific maquiladora...

The oil boom’s impact on jobs, income and spending in the region has been profound.