Louisiana’s economy shrank dramatically to start 2022, according to new federal data, driven by a sharp pullback in part of the state’s manufacturing sector as natural gas prices and overall U.S. inflation soared, NOLA.com reports. Gary Wagner, an economist at UL Lafayette, says the data shows that many parts of Louisiana’s economy were contracting, but
Petrochemical pullback key factor in why Louisiana’s economy shrank in Q1
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