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The American economy added 213,000 jobs in the month of June while the unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent, according to new data.
07/06/2018 By Staff
Retail
A consumer confidence index created by the University of Florida declined by 1.9 points between May and June.
07/05/2018 By Staff
Real estate
Total construction spending in America ticked up by 0.4 percent between April and May, according to new data published by the U.S. Census Bureau.
07/03/2018 By Staff
Texas was ranked as the top state in which to start a business, followed by Utah, Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma and then Florida.
07/02/2018 By Staff
Home sales in Sarasota County declined by 0.2 percent between May 2017 and this May, according to new statistics.
06/29/2018 By Staff
New orders for American manufactured goods decreased by $1.4 billion between April and May, a decline of 0.6 percent.
06/28/2018 By Staff
Home affordability is below historic averages in both Sarasota and Manatee counties.
That’s down from last year’s estimated $7.1 billion in spending, according to new survey results.
06/26/2018 By Staff
Sales of new American single-family houses rose by 6.7 percent between April and May and by 14.1 percent between May 2017 and May 2018.
06/25/2018 By Staff
Sales of single-family homes in Florida were .8 percent higher in May than in May 2017.
06/21/2018 By Staff
Florida's unemployment rate dropped from 3.9 to 3.8 percent last month, equaling the national figure.
06/18/2018 By Staff
More than 33 million tourists visited the state of Florida during the first three months of this year, the most in any quarter in Florida history.
06/08/2018 By Staff
That number is down from last year's projection of $15.5 billion in spending.
06/04/2018 By Staff
Americans' consumer confidence increased in May after dropping in April, according to new survey results.
The American economy added 223,000 new jobs last month, while the nation's unemployment declined from 3.9 to 3.8 percent.
06/01/2018 By Staff
Consumer confidence among Floridians increased for the second straight month in May.
05/30/2018 By Staff
Americans will spend an estimated $5.2 billion on graduation presents for high schoolers and college students this year, according to a new survey.
05/25/2018 By Staff
The number of sales of single-family homes in Sarasota County dropped by 5.3 percent between April 2017 and April 2018.
05/24/2018 By Staff
Sarasota County's population rose by 1.5 percent between 2016 and 2017, while Manatee County's grew by almost 2.7 percent.
The overall crime rate in Sarasota County declined by 7.1 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to new data.
05/22/2018 By Staff