Fishkind Conversations: Has Florida's Job Growth Reached A Plateau?

By Nicole Darden Creston

Published November 24, 2015 at 1:32 AM EST

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

The latest employment data for Florida shows growth in jobs and income. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind says there were gains in retail sales, hospitality and tourism as the holiday season ramps up. He told 90.7's Nicole Creston that while job growth overall is strong, it’s slower than last year…and he wonders if Florida’s economy may have reached a plateau.

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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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