“Year-to-date sales tax collections across the city-parish, up this year in nominal terms, are down about 5.5% when adjusted for inflation,” says Jake Polansky, BRAC manager of economic and policy research, in a prepared statement.

Source: https://www.businessreport.com/business/capital-region-feels-interest-rate-pinch-as-jobless-claims-hit-18-month-high