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The Pandemic's Impact on Credit Risk: Averted or Delayed?

July 30, 2021

This article highlights potential lingering risks from the COVID-19 recession, most notably for small banks with relatively high exposure to commercial real estate.

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Trimmed Mean PCE Inflation Rate

July 30, 2021

The Trimmed Mean PCE inflation rate over the 12 months ending in June was 2.0 percent. According to the BEA, the overall PCE inflation rate was 4.0 percent on a 12-month basis, and the inflation rate for PCE excluding food and energy was 3.5 percent on a 12-month basis.

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Texas Service Sector Expands Strongly in July

July 27, 2021

The pace of growth in the Texas service sector accelerated in July, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.

Global Perspectives: Ursula Burns on Coaching, Diversity and Advancing the Next Generation of Female Leaders

July 27, 2021

Burns and Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan discussed her career, the importance of coaches and mentors, the case for quotas and advice for the next generation of female leaders.

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Texas Weekly Employment Estimate

The Texas Weekly Employment Estimate (TWEE), drawing on high-frequency data, provides a timely indicator of job growth in the state of Texas.

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PCE Inflation Update, May 2021

The headline, or all-items, PCE price index rose an annualized 6.3 percent in June after increasing an annualized 6.2 percent in May.

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Weekly Economic Index

The WEI is currently 8.37 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended July 24 and 8.94 percent for July 17.

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In Focus

Southwest Economy, Second Quarter 2021

This issue looks federal-level assistance programs and their effect on immigrant groups and how the Texas freeze affected the petrochemical industry. Also included are discussions on how the pandemic has changed the dining and banking industries, a spotlight on oil patch productivity, and an infographic on the how working women fared during the pandemic.

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Dallas Fed Energy Survey

Activity in the oil and gas sector continued growing strongly in second quarter 2021, according to oil and gas executives.

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Global Perspectives

This speaker series connects global thought leaders and community members for conversation around economic issues. (Via live webcast.)

Sean Donohue and Robert S. Kaplan
August 18
Jeremy Grantham and Robert S. Kaplan
October 4

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