Southwest Economy

The Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana economies are constantly changing. The information and data the Dallas Fed publishes in Southwest Economy can help keep you current with agriculture, banking, energy, high technology, manufacturing and international trade in this region. Bimonthly.

Past Southwest Economy Issues 

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1997 Issues

Issue 6, November/December 1997
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• The Business of Education: Meeting the Demands of a Strong Economy Through Educational Change
  Marci Rossell and Lori L. Taylor
• Stock Market Fundamentals
  Stephen D. Prowse
• Exchange Rates: Fixed, Pegged, or Flex? Should We Care?
  Carlos E. J. M. Zarazaga
• Regional Update
  Sheila Dolmas

Issue 5, September/October 1997
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• Rolling Recessions
  Sheila Dolmas, Mark A. Wynne and Jahyeong Koo
• Is the Fed Slave to a Defunct Economist?
  Evan F. Koenig
• Corporate Financing and Governance: An International Perspective
  Stephen D. Prowse
• Regional Update
  Lori L. Taylor

Issue 4, July/August 1997
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• The Economics of One Dollar
  Mark A. Wynne
• U.S. Inflation and the International Economy
  William C. Gruben
• Regional Update
  Mine K. Yücel

Issue 3, May/June 1997
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• Silicon Prairie: How High Tech Is Redefining Texas' Economy
  D'Ann M. Petersen and Michelle Burchfiel
• Why Social Security Should Be Privatized
  Harvey Rosenblum
• The EMU: A Groundbreaking Monetary Experiment
  Fiona Sigalla and David Gould
• Regional Update: Texas Faces Tight Labor Market
  Madeline Zavodny

Issue 2, March/April 1997
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• A Tale of Three Supply Shocks, National Inflation and the Region's Economy
  John V. Duca
• Does Electronic Money Mean the Death of Cash?
  Marci Rossell
• The Mexican Economy Snaps Back
  William C. Gruben, David M. Gould and Carlos E. Zarazaga
• Regional Update
  Fiona Sigalla

Issue 1, January/February 1997
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• The Texas Economy: An Overview of '96 and Outlook for '97
  Sheila Dolmas and Mine K. Yücel
• What's in Store for Texas Cities?
  Robert W. Gilmer, Keith R. Phillips, Fiona Sigalla and Lucinda Vargas
• An End to Welfare As We Know It?
  Jason L. Saving
• Beyond the Border: Despite Short-Term Volatility, Dollar's Value Stable for Nearly a Decade
  David Gould and Jeremy Nalewaik
• Regional Update
  Fiona Sigalla