• As cities and counties across Florida sign their budgets for the fiscal year, they face the challenge of the COVID-19 recession and the impact of protests over racial injustice and policing. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind, president of Fishkind Litigation Services, tells 90.7’s Matthew Peddie that reforming public safety and policing can improve the quality and efficiency of the service.
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• May’s U-S unemployment report showed a surprising drop to 13.3%, better than expected. But economic analyst Hank Fishkind tells 90.7’s Nicole Darden Creston that the nation still has a long way to go, and Florida’s path to recovery is even longer.
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• The latest financial reports seem to suggest that the economy is stabilizing…a little sooner than economic analyst Hank Fishkind thought it would.
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• Economic data continues to bring unwelcome news, as the job market struggles due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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• Mixed economic messages are coming from the White House today. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is expressing concern and urging Congress to pass another stimulus package, while Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin forecasts a full recovery to 2019 levels by next year. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind weighs in on who he thinks is right, and what it means for Central Florida.
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• Economic analyst Hank Fishkind is seeing some very early signs that the COVID-19 recession may be reaching its bottom, after US employment plummeted by a historic 20.2 million jobs in April. But he says any moves toward recovery will be slow and difficult.
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• As Florida’s economy begins to reopen, economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind is looking ahead at what the next few months will look like for Central Florida.
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