Construction and manufacturing sectors driving Capital Region job growth

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The manufacturing and construction sectors boosted the Baton Rouge area’s GDP by almost $2.2 billion between 2021 and 2022, according to the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s monthly economic indicator dashboard released today. This represents 37% of total regional GDP growth, says Jake Polansky, BRAC’s manager of economic and policy research.  “In the last year alone,

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