The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported that Texas' manufacturing sector saw its business activity index fall to -17.5 in July 2024, down from -15.1 in June. This marks over two years of consistent contraction for Southern manufacturing. Production levels decreased from the previous month (-1.3 compared to 0.7 in June), following a brief improvement at the end of Q2. New orders and shipments also saw significant declines (-12.8 and -16.3, respectively), highlighting ongoing weak demand. Despite a sharp drop in unfilled orders (-26.6 from -4.7), the sector continues to struggle.
This series of disappointing economic indicators may pressure the Federal Reserve to consider initiating an interest rate cut cycle, in line with actions taken by other major central banks like the ECB.
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I wouldn't expect the Fed to bail out Texas.
They need to bail out themselves when the labor market cracks
Which state do you think will become bankrupt first?
First You'll have trouble in the Eurozoe. Hot candidates are Italy and Spain.
Right, Italy, Spain, Greece always seem to have troubles.
But I dont know if they will be first, maybe a US state might declare bankruptcy.
Maybe California?
And France, no.2 on the eurozone, is catching up real fast
Why is it that Switzerland always seems to never go bankrupt?
Switzerland is doing everything it can to remain an attractive location for capital. to this day, they defend a relatively stable banking secrecy, they have their own currency, they rely on direct democracy and a free market economy wherever possible: all in all, they are a veritable capital heaven compared to the European Union that surrounds them.
California and Illinois seem to be in the most trouble financially.
California and Illinois.
California has always been troubled financially.
What happened to Illinois? Chicago is there...
Chicago's a huge mess financially and it's losing population. Many people expected it to go bankrupt during the Great Recession, just like Detroit.
I know, but it stuck around.
A few of my friends ended up taking a position at hospitals around there.
It's called a "financial death spiral". As their unfunded liabilities come do, they'll have to raise taxes, which will cause more people to move away, further reducing their revenue.
That's exactly what happened to Detroit and several other cities in Michigan. The big difference is that Michigan is better managed at the state level than Illinois, so they were able to get through it.
I dont know, texas is kind of important to them.
It's represantative as it is the no. 9 economy on a global scale
Its a pretty big power....if I say so myself.
But texas does have its own problems.
What I read Texas is a preferred place to be, to invest and grow families in the US.
I have heard that before, but I wouldnt want to live in texas.
It's flat, hot, and barren, but for some reason it's where everyone's moving.
It fine that people are moving there.
Just like how everyone moved to Cali, then moved away from it because it didnt have water.
Com'n texas you can do it
I thought Austin was the new bitcoin capital?