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. 07 139.6 Aug. 07 139.3 Sep. 06 138.6 0.2 0.7
Manufacturing Sep. 07 142.0 Aug. 07 142.0 Sep. 06 140.4 -0.1 1.1
Leading indicators Sep. 07 126.5 Aug. 07 126.1 Sep. 06 124.6 0.3 1.5
Real Gross Product QII 07 124.6 QI 07 123.3 QII 06 118.8 1.1 4.9
Nonagricultural employment (thousands)
Total
Texas Sep. 0710412.5 Aug. 0710389.1 Sep. 0610144.6 0.2 2.6
New Mexico Sep. 07 848.5 Aug. 07 846.5 Sep. 06 840.1 0.2 1.0
Louisiana Sep. 07 1925.8 Aug. 07 1926.2 Sep. 06 1880.5 -0.0 2.4
Manufacturing
Texas Sep. 07 933.4 Aug. 07 936.3 Sep. 06 933.7 -0.3 -0.0
New Mexico Sep. 07 36.6 Aug. 07 37.1 Sep. 06 38.0 -1.3 -3.7
Louisiana Sep. 07 153.4 Aug. 07 154.8 Sep. 06 153.6 -0.9 -0.1
Private service-producing
Texas Sep. 07 6899.0 Aug. 07 6871.8 Sep. 06 6684.1 0.4 3.2
New Mexico Sep. 07 535.8 Aug. 07 534.6 Sep. 06 527.3 0.2 1.6
Louisiana Sep. 07 1223.0 Aug. 07 1223.3 Sep. 06 1191.2 -0.0 2.7
Unemployment rates (percent)
Texas Sep. 07 4.3 Aug. 07 4.2 Sep. 06 4.8 0.1 -0.5
Dallas Sep. 07 4.4 Aug. 07 3.9 Sep. 06 4.6 0.5 -0.2
Ft. Worth-Arlington Sep. 07 4.3 Aug. 07 3.9 Sep. 06 4.7 0.4 -0.4
Houston Sep. 07 4.3 Aug. 07 4.0 Sep. 06 4.7 0.3 -0.4
New Mexico Sep. 07 3.4 Aug. 07 3.8 Sep. 06 4.0 -0.4 -0.6
Louisiana Sep. 07 4.4 Aug. 07 3.8 Sep. 06 4.1 0.6 0.3
Consumer prices (1982-1984=100)
Dallas-Ft. Worth Sep. 07 193.9 Aug. 07 194.0 Sep. 06 191.0 -0.1 1.5
Houston Aug. 07 184.4 Jul. 07 184.9 Aug. 06 183.1 -0.3 0.7
Personal income (billions of dollars)
Texas QII 07 879.2 QI 07 864.4 QII 06 814.1 1.7 8.0
New Mexico QII 07 60.9 QI 07 59.9 QII 06 56.8 1.6 7.2
Louisiana QII 07 140.7 QI 07 138.9 QII 06 132.1 1.3 6.5
Construction (Employment and permits in thousands, contract values in millions of dollars)
Texas
Employment Sep. 07 629.3 Aug. 07 625.4 Sep. 06 612.9 0.6 2.7
Residential permits Sep. 07 12.1 Aug. 07 14.8 Sep. 06 15.8 -18.7 -23.4
Nonres. contract value Sep. 07 1231.3 Aug. 07 1486.5 Sep. 06 1724.8 -17.2 -28.6
New Mexico
Employment Sep. 07 59.2 Aug. 07 58.6 Sep. 06 60.2 1.0 -1.7
Residential permits Sep. 07 0.5 Aug. 07 1.2 Sep. 06 0.8 -57.3 -41.1
Nonres. contract value Sep. 07 90.0 Aug. 07 170.6 Sep. 06 1689.8 -47.2 -94.7
Louisiana
Employment Sep. 07 138.4 Aug. 07 139.3 Sep. 06 134.4 -0.6 3.0
Residential permits Sep. 07 2.3 Aug. 07 1.5 Sep. 06 1.8 59.9 31.9
Nonres. contract value Sep. 07 208.4 Aug. 07 259.9 Sep. 06 238.9 -19.8 -12.8
Energy
Price of W. Tx. crude Oct. 07 85.54 Sep. 07 79.93 Oct. 06 58.89 7.0 45.2
Rotary Rigs Running
Texas Oct. 07 826.8 Sep. 07 830.6 Oct. 06 785.6 -0.5 5.2
New Mexico Oct. 07 68.4 Sep. 07 76.0 Oct. 06 88.5 -9.9 -22.7
Louisiana Oct. 07 151.5 Sep. 07 168.9 Oct. 06 193.6 -10.3 -21.7
Financial (billions of dollars)
Eleventh District deposits at banks,
S&Ls, credit unions Sep. 07 192.4 Aug. 07 194.7 Sep. 06 183.5 -1.1 4.9
Agricultural land values (Eleventh district, dollars per acre)
Dryland QII 07 1061.9 QI 07 1035.5 QII 06 933.5 2.6 13.8
Irrigated cropland QII 07 1208.3 QI 07 1183.3 QII 06 1062.6 2.1 13.7
Ranchland QII 07 1062.4 QI 07 1040.2 QII 06 899.0 2.1 18.2
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