Fishkind Conversations: Behind The Curtain On December’s FL Job Numbers

90.7's economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind, President of Fishkind and Associates
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.
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