For this month’s survey, Texas business executives were asked supplemental questions on the labor market and pricing power. Results for these questions from the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey, Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey and Texas Retail Outlook Survey have been released together. Read the special questions results. Activity in the Texas service sector grew at a weaker pace in August, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of state service sector conditions, fell from 20.9 in July to 7.8 in August. Labor market indicators ... (full story)