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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