Economic Development

After years of inventory shortages brought a sales slump in the automobile industry, area dealers are reporting an uptick in sales.

The Iron Claw, a new film from A24 that filmed in Baton Rouge in...

The price of sending goods around the world is spiking after six weeks of...

The nation’s employers added a robust 216,000 jobs last month, the latest sign that the American job market remains resilient even in the face of sharply higher interest rates.

Bioactive Infusion and Wellness is expanding to the Capital Region with a clinic in the Baton Rouge Health District. 

East Baton Rouge Parish collected nearly $19.3 million in sales taxes in October, or...

U.S. bankruptcy filings surged by 18% in 2023 on the back of higher interest rates, tougher lending standards and the continued runoff of pandemic-era backstops, although insolvency case volumes remain well below the level seen before the outbreak of COVID-19, Reuters reports. 

Undeterred by high prices, rising interest rates, autoworker strikes and a computer chip shortage that slowed assembly lines, American consumers still bought 15.6 million new vehicles last year, 12% more than in 2022, the biggest increase in more than a decade.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to show resilience despite elevated interest rates.

America's employers posted 8.8 million job openings in November, down slightly from October and...