Behind The Curtain On December’s FL Job Numbers2016-01-262016-01-26/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/n30833-fishkind-logo-01.jpgFishkind Litigation Services/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/n30833-fishkind-logo-01.jpg200px200px
Florida’s December jobs report is out, and the numbers paint a fairly rosy picture – nearly 21,900 jobs were added across the state and the unemployment rate dipped to five percent.
But economic analyst Hank Fishkind says the numbers are a little off, largely due to a record-keeping quirk in the benchmarking process. He tells 90.7’s Nicole Creston that the jobs outlook for the coming months may be a bit better than it appears.