Regional Economic Indicators
Compiled by the Research Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Percent change
from
Current Previous Year ago Previous
Period Value Period Value Period Value Period Year
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Texas Indexes (1987=100)
Industrial production Sep. 08 144.5 Aug. 08 144.8 Sep. 07 140.3 -0.2 3.0
Manufacturing Sep. 08 145.0 Aug. 08 145.1 Sep. 07 142.2 -0.1 2.0
Leading indicators Aug. 08 123.1 Jul. 08 124.3 Aug. 07 125.6 -1.0 -2.0
Real Gross Product QII 08 125.4 QI 08 124.8 QII 07 123.4 0.5 1.6
Nonagricultural employment (thousands)
Total
Texas Sep. 0810676.6 Aug. 0810672.3 Sep. 0710449.8 0.0 2.2
New Mexico Sep. 08 847.5 Aug. 08 848.4 Sep. 07 845.7 -0.1 0.2
Louisiana Sep. 08 1939.3 Aug. 08 1956.8 Sep. 07 1932.9 -0.9 0.3
Manufacturing
Texas Sep. 08 923.4 Aug. 08 925.6 Sep. 07 935.3 -0.2 -1.3
New Mexico Sep. 08 34.4 Aug. 08 34.4 Sep. 07 36.8 0.0 -6.5
Louisiana Sep. 08 156.1 Aug. 08 157.0 Sep. 07 158.5 -0.6 -1.5
Private service-producing
Texas Sep. 08 7063.9 Aug. 08 7058.9 Sep. 07 6922.2 0.1 2.0
New Mexico Sep. 08 537.1 Aug. 08 538.2 Sep. 07 535.6 -0.2 0.3
Louisiana Sep. 08 1230.8 Aug. 08 1238.7 Sep. 07 1225.8 -0.6 0.4
Unemployment rates (percent)
Texas Sep. 08 5.1 Aug. 08 5.0 Sep. 07 4.3 0.1 0.8
Dallas Sep. 08 5.4 Aug. 08 5.2 Sep. 07 4.4 0.2 1.0
Ft. Worth-Arlington Sep. 08 5.1 Aug. 08 4.9 Sep. 07 4.2 0.2 0.9
Houston Sep. 08 5.1 Aug. 08 4.9 Sep. 07 4.3 0.2 0.8
New Mexico Sep. 08 4.0 Aug. 08 4.6 Sep. 07 3.4 -0.6 0.6
Louisiana Sep. 08 5.2 Aug. 08 4.7 Sep. 07 3.9 0.5 1.3
Consumer prices (1982-1984=100)
Dallas-Ft. Worth Sep. 08 204.7 Aug. 08 205.8 Sep. 07 193.7 -0.5 5.7
Houston Aug. 08 192.9 Jul. 08 194.8 Aug. 07 183.9 -1.0 4.9
Personal income (billions of dollars)
Texas QII 08 942.4 QI 08 915.6 QII 07 873.1 2.9 7.9
New Mexico QII 08 63.3 QI 08 61.6 QII 07 58.9 2.7 7.5
Louisiana QII 08 159.1 QI 08 155.4 QII 07 153.3 2.4 3.8
Construction (Employment and permits in thousands, contract values in millions of dollars)
Texas
Employment Sep. 08 676.9 Aug. 08 678.6 Sep. 07 653.5 -0.3 3.6
Residential permits Sep. 08 9.8 Aug. 08 11.7 Sep. 07 12.6 -16.1 -22.7
Nonres. contract value Oct. 08 1579.7 Sep. 08 3753.9 Oct. 07 1963.7 -57.9 -19.6
New Mexico
Employment Sep. 08 57.6 Aug. 08 58.2 Sep. 07 59.1 -1.0 -2.5
Residential permits Sep. 08 0.4 Aug. 08 0.5 Sep. 07 0.5 -18.7 -27.9
Nonres. contract value Oct. 08 56.4 Sep. 08 117.4 Oct. 07 99.8 -52.0 -43.5
Louisiana
Employment Sep. 08 137.6 Aug. 08 139.2 Sep. 07 135.8 -1.1 1.3
Residential permits Sep. 08 1.5 Aug. 08 1.2 Sep. 07 2.4 19.3 -37.9
Nonres. contract value Oct. 08 223.9 Sep. 08 266.9 Oct. 07 270.3 -16.1 -17.2
Energy
Price of W. Tx. crude Nov. 08 60.34 Oct. 08 76.66 Nov. 07 94.62 -21.3 -36.2
Rotary Rigs Running
Texas Nov. 08 918.9 Oct. 08 927.1 Nov. 07 864.8 -0.9 6.3
New Mexico Nov. 08 87.8 Oct. 08 93.0 Nov. 07 71.1 -5.7 23.4
Louisiana Nov. 08 187.6 Oct. 08 197.0 Nov. 07 166.6 -4.8 12.6
Financial (billions of dollars)
Eleventh District deposits at banks,
S&Ls, credit unions Oct. 08 257.8 Sep. 08 259.2 Oct. 07 190.0 -0.6 35.7
Agricultural land values (Eleventh district, dollars per acre)
Dryland QIII 08 1310.1 QII 08 1290.6 QIII 07 1169.3 1.5 12.0
Irrigated cropland QIII 08 1363.2 QII 08 1352.7 QIII 07 1277.5 0.8 6.7
Ranchland QIII 08 1141.3 QII 08 1150.9 QIII 07 1113.2 -0.8 2.5
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