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Texas businesses grow more optimistic amid AI investment boom

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Texas factories reported stronger demand and higher production in August, with manufacturers expressing greater optimism about future business conditions. (Getty Images)
Texas factories reported stronger demand and higher production in August, with manufacturers expressing greater optimism about future business conditions. (Getty Images)
CoStar News
August 31, 2026 | 6:15 P.M.

Texas manufacturing activity accelerated in August as a surge in new orders and improving business sentiment pointed to stronger growth across the state’s factory sector, according to a monthly survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

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