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EBR economy in free fall?
Posted on 7/7/25 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 7/7/25 at 4:58 pm
Says that sales tax collections declined 15% year over year from April to April.
That sounds like an enormous drop to me....can't imagine if the broader economy dipped even 1/10th that much.
If this persists in BR then things will get ugly pretty quickly.
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That sounds like an enormous drop to me....can't imagine if the broader economy dipped even 1/10th that much.
If this persists in BR then things will get ugly pretty quickly.
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Posted on 7/7/25 at 4:59 pm to RunninReb
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Says that sales tax collections declined 15% year over year from April to April.
We opted out Jan 1 when it became an option.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 4:59 pm to RunninReb
Possibly due to St. George breaking away
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:02 pm to RunninReb
Wait until they have to cut the check to St. George.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:05 pm to RunninReb
This is bad information. Baton Rouge economy is doing as good as ever. You can notice when there is a decline. I see lines everywhere and people spending everywhere. This is fraudulent data probably because St George.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:10 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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I see lines everywhere and people spending everywhere
Inspection sticker check points and people waiting to pay bail at police stations don't count
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:15 pm to RunninReb
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:28 pm to RunninReb
Averaging March & April its around a 5% drop, or a little over $1M...which about $250k would be vehicle sales decline (highly volatile).
Sales Tax collections can be a bit fickle when looking at it month by month. For instance, March 2025 had 5 weekends (more spending) with the last day falling on a Monday. March 2024 had 5 weekends but the last day fell on a Sunday, so weekend collections in March 2024 might not have been recorded until April 1.
Start panicking when there's a trend even when averaged out quarter by quarter.
Sales Tax collections can be a bit fickle when looking at it month by month. For instance, March 2025 had 5 weekends (more spending) with the last day falling on a Monday. March 2024 had 5 weekends but the last day fell on a Sunday, so weekend collections in March 2024 might not have been recorded until April 1.
Start panicking when there's a trend even when averaged out quarter by quarter.
This post was edited on 7/7/25 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:32 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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see lines everywhere and people spending everywhere.
Your eyeball test is definitely more concrete than the actual numbers.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:12 pm to RunninReb
quote:Another Drama Queen...
RunninReb
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