Incorporating October leading index and employment data and adjusting for the impacts of Hurricane Harvey, the Texas Employment Forecast suggests jobs will grow 2.6 percent this year (December/December), with an 80 percent confidence band of 2.2 to 3.0 percent.
The forecast was unchanged from the Dallas Fed’s previous estimate. Based on the forecast, 311,000 jobs will be added in the state this year, and employment in December 2017 will be 12.4 million (Chart 1).
Read more...Texas Employment Forecast - Dallasfed.org
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