Monetary Brief Report News

Dallas Fed: Texas manufacturing sees little growth, with production index near zero

Responses to a manufacturing outlook survey suggest that Texas manufacturing stayed flat for the month of April.

Dallas Fed: Texas employment weakening, 33,600 jobs added in March, down from 36,200 in February

An employment forecast by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas predicts that job growth is slowing.

Cleveland Fed's Center for Inflation Research: 'Elevated short-term inflation expectations…could keep boosting inflation'

A new research paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds that high short-term inflation expectations will make it difficult to bring down inflation.

Lawmakers debate debt limit: 'Irresponsible spending over the last two years has placed our economy in a precarious position'

As the debt ceiling's summer deadline approaches, Republicans and Democrats are struggling to choose the best direction with Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) backing the Limit, Save, Grow Act as the solution, but others seeing the bill as a threat to essential programs.