Economy

A look at the March economic report

Curtis Shelton  |  April 23, 2018

The Oklahoma Treasurer’s monthly economic report was released last week. The report provides a breakdown of gross receipts collected for the month along with various economic measures for the state of Oklahoma.

Total gross receipts collected during March were $982.90 million. This is $67.90 million more than the same month last year, an increase of 7.4%. Of this, $33.60 million was the result of legislative changes, and the remaining $34.30 million was the result of economic growth.

When looking just at the General Revenue Fund (GRF), collections were up $53.40 million from the previous year, for a total of $405.5 million. Once again, GRF collections beat the estimate, making this the sixth month of this fiscal year when GRF revenues exceeded estimates. Revenues collected for the GRF in March were 5.6% above the estimate. To date, the GRF has received $176.93 million more than was predicted for this fiscal year.

Since the fiscal year began in July, state government has collected $8.7 billion in gross receipts. That is $829.10 million more, an 11% increase, than the same time period in the prior year. Likewise, the GRF has grown by $468 million, or 13%, from the prior year.


The Oklahoma Treasurer’s monthly economic reports are available here.

Curtis Shelton Policy Director

Curtis Shelton

Policy Director

Curtis Shelton currently serves as the policy director for OCPA with a focus on fiscal policy. Curtis graduated Oklahoma State University in 2016 with a Bachelors of Arts in Finance. Previously, he served as a summer intern at OCPA and spent time as a staff accountant for Sutherland Global Services.

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