Unemployment in May continued to fall compared with a year ago — to 5.2 percent in Broward County and 5.1 percent in Palm Beach County, the state reported Friday.
A new study that measures startup activity in the country’s 40 largest metro areas shows Orlando taking a tumble during the last year. But area startup advocates say the city’s showing in startup density is cause for optimism.
Economists are overwhelmingly optimistic about job prospects for this year’s class of college graduates, though the experts have grown less hopeful about hiring in general, according to the Bankrate Economic Indicator survey.
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