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Greg Albrecht, Legislative Fiscal Office (2011)

The Press Club

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Collection:LPB

Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2011-12-19

Duration: 00:27:34

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Albrecht, Greg | Louisiana. Legislative Fiscal Office | Economic forecasting | STATE BUDGET | Taxes | Tax revenues | Tax exemptions | Tax incentives

Contributors:

  • Albrecht, Greg Speaker

Description

A speech by Greg Albrecht before the Baton Rouge Press Club on December 19, 2011. Albrecht is the chief economist with the Legislative Fiscal Office. He discusses: trends in state tax revenue; the forecast for the current fiscal year; the Jindal Administration’s recently proposed set of budget adjustments; budget stabilization fund legislation; oil and gas tax exemptions; and the proliferation of various tax incentives.