• Economic analyst Hank Fishkind says three straight months of declining retail sales nationwide may raise some eyebrows, but a few factors affecting those numbers are only temporary.
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• With housing construction booming once again in Florida you’d think there’s no downside, but economic analyst Hank Fishkind says there might be. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind dug into how many people are moving to Central Florida and how many new homes, apartments and condos are being built to accommodate all these new arrivals. He tells 90.7’s Catherine Welch that by the time many of these new homes and condos are finally ready for people to move in, the demand will have subsided.
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• Florida may lose more than a billion dollars in annual federal funding that’s been paying for indigent care at public and private hospitals. The program is being phased out in favor of the Affordable Care Act, which Florida rejected. But economic analyst Hank Fishkind says there may be an answer.
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• The declining quality and quantity of Florida’s water has been a hot topic for the last few years, from the state house to the court house to your house. But most attempts by Florida leaders to address the problem have faltered, says 90.7’s economic analyst Hank Fishkind. That is, perhaps, until now.
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• New state job numbers show Orlando finishing strong in a December jobs report that’s full of mostly good news. But some areas across the state and in Central Florida are lagging behind.
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• Recent economic reports have been cause for optimism as we enter the new year, but things seemed to change last week. What happened, and how does it all affect Central Florida?
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• Governor Rick Scott has just announced a new proposal to boost Florida’s education funding. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind looks at the spending plan in light of the recent “Quality Counts” nationwide education report, and what it says about money and achievement in Florida’s public school system.
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