Fishkind Commentaries

Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to 3.2% in March, and Central Florida’s labor markets were particularly strong.

Apartment rental rates are skyrocketing across the country, but Florida’s rent increase was higher than any other state’s. It’s up by 30 percent since this time last year, with the biggest jumps [...]

A new report from the US Census Bureau shows Florida’s biggest counties – including Orange and Seminole – losing population for the first time since Census tracking began.

Florida’s overall job market is recovering to pre-pandemic levels…mostly.

The Federal Reserve has announced it will raise interest rates to try to tamp down inflation. Right now, consumer prices are up by nearly eight percent and gas prices have approached all-time highs.

Florida lawmakers have wrapped up this year’s legislative session by approving a record $112.1 billion state budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. That’s more than ten percent higher than the [...]

Employment rose by 689,000 in February, the unemployment rate dipped to 3.8%, and the labor force participation rate climbed. And revisions to previous months mean employment rates were even [...]

Many uncertainties cloud the future of the war in Ukraine.

Property insurance rates have been skyrocketing in Florida for the last five years, with many companies canceling people’s policies, leaving the state, or going out of business.

The Champlain Towers condominium building collapse in South Florida killed 98 residents last June.