Real personal consumption expenditures, a measure of how much consumers are spending, rose 4.1% in the Baton Rouge area from 2020 to 2021, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That increase is lower than Louisiana’s 4.4% increase but slightly higher than the 4% increase nationally. Real personal income in
Consumer spending rose 4.1% in Baton Rouge last year
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