Fishkind Conversations: Florida's June Jobs Report Holds Some Surprises, But Are They Facts Or Flukes?

By Nicole Darden Creston

Published July 23, 2019 at 4:15 AM EDT

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June marks another strong month for Florida job growth – 16,000 new jobs last month alone and about 227,000 since this time last year.

Economic analyst Hank Fishkind says there are some surprises in the numbers. But he tells 90.7’s Nicole Darden Creston that things aren’t always as they seem.

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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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