The exterior of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, which publishes the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. Finance Texas factory activity climbs in October even as production growth slows, Dallas Fed says Mono Scoops 2d The Dallas Fed's Texas manufacturing general business activity index rose to 13.4 in October from 9.8 in September, beating expectations, even as the production index fell to 15.8 and new orders dropped to 9.3. Read Full Story