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With grim Fed forecast, what will happen to Baton Rouge’s jobless rate?

Federal Reserve officials are forecasting continually high unemployment rates throughout 2020—an expectation somewhat shared...

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• Stocks rose sharply in early trading on Wall Street this morning as the...

Consumer spending reaches pre-pandemic levels in Ascension, Livingston  

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its latest COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard that...

Property across from Arlington Marketplace sells for $1.2M

A Bossier City-based company has purchased just over an acre across from the Arlington...

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• As the doors to stores, offices, and manufacturing plants open again, leaders are...

Local tourism market might not fully recover until 2023

Though the local economy appears to be bouncing back from the pandemic shutdown, it...
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Rules loosened for partial PPP loan forgiveness

Some of the latest changes to the Payroll Protection Program will make it easier...

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• The Louisiana Department of Health today reported 418 new coronavirus cases, bringing the...

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• The Federal Reserve is expanding the range of companies that will qualify for...

New multifamily development, restaurant coming to downtown area

In yet another sign that the Baton Rouge economy is beginning to resume activity...