Relief workers in New Orleans, the money they're paid is burning a hole in their pocket and they're going to spend it.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The whole metro area down there is at least a quarter of the population, and I'm sure it's more than a quarter of the state's economy.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

It's obviously a ton of money.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen yet.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

People are spending to rebuild their lives, even if they don't have a job or have lost their home. I thought we would have seen quite a slowdown. But people are apparently trying to keep as much of their lifestyles as they can.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

We were very wrong in October.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

People will think they just dropped cash on us. I don't think so.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Back in February, when we projected $55 oil, oil prices were falling. We projected a weaker price over the summer.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

You just have to have a threat there to worry markets and they (buyers) want to lock in prices.More Greg Albrecht [03/29/2018 05:03:36]