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Fishkind Conversations: Local economy not quite as bad as it seems

Hank Fishkind. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE
Hank Fishkind. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and November’s unexpectedly weak employment report are combining to cause concern among economists. There’s a fear the economic recovery may stall.

But economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind tells WMFE’s Nicole Darden Creston, the news is not quite as worrisome as it may seem.

Click the Play Audio button to hear their conversation.

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.