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• As the Orlando area’s housing shortage persists, college students are particularly impacted by limited living options. Sean Snaith, director of UCF’s Institute for Economic Forecasting, joins Intersection.
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• Jobs and wages across the country continued to grow in January according to a report released today from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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• If you’re shopping for a pre-cut Christmas tree this year, expect to pay a little more than usual.
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• Orange County residents will be able to take care of property and business taxes in the same place starting Monday. The business and property tax departments will be consolidated to save the county money and the residents time.
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• Recent economic reports have been cause for optimism as we enter the new year, but things seemed to change last week. What happened, and how does it all affect Central Florida?
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• Florida’s economy is finally hitting its stride, according to the latest economic forecast from the University of Central Florida. Sean Snaith, who directs UCF’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness, says the state can expect strong job growth over the next 3 years in construction, trade, transportation and utilities. And he has this advice for whoever wins the Gubernatorial election on Tuesday: invest in infrastructure and education.
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• The Nobel committee said Jean Tirole has helped to reshape regulators’ policies with his idea that the same rules have different effects — good and bad — in different industries.
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• If you laid all of the breadsticks Olive Garden uses in one year end-to-end, they’d circle the earth 3 times. That’s 700 million breadsticks.
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• Zoos and aquariums almost never buy or sell animals. But trade is thriving.
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• Economic analyst Hank Fishkind looks at two national policies that could have a local impact.
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