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Fishkind Conversations: What Retail Sales Tell Us About Florida's Future

By Nicole Darden Creston
Published May 16, 2017 at 3:49 AM EDT
90.7's economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind, President of Fishkind and Associates
90.7's economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind, President of Fishkind and Associates

90.7’s economic analyst Hank Fishkind is keeping an eye on retail sales, but not because he’s hunting for bargain-basement prices.

He says rebounding statewide and national retail sales numbers are important economic predictors of coming trends, especially for Florida. 90.7's Nicole Darden-Creston asked him for a refresher course on why retail reports are a big deal for the Sunshine State.

 
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Nicole Darden Creston
Nicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined Central Florida Public Media in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy.
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