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Fishkind Conversations: Orlando's job market slowest to recover among Florida metros

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

Florida’s overall job market is recovering to pre-pandemic levels…mostly.

The new labor report from Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity is a strong one, with one glitch that affects Central Florida in particular.

WMFE’s Nicole Darden Creston asks economic analyst Dr. Hank Fishkind for the details.

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 WMFE 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.