As uncertainty over the future outlook of the U.S. economy looms, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) worries that inflated home values will create market turbulence. Cezary Podkul of the Wall Street Journal writes, “the FHA insures about 11% of all U.S. single-family residential mortgage debt.” Of this debt, reverse mortgages, formally known as Home Equity […]
The latest employment information shows that Leon County added 64 jobs in October, 2018. One year ago Leon County lost 2,047 jobs. This month’s job gains follows a gain of 5,264 jobs in September. The unemployment rate ticked up from 2.8% in September to 2.9% in October. The number of people working in October 2018 […]
Amazon.com Inc. chose NYC and Northern Virginia as the locations for its new headquarters, referred to as H2Q. Understanding why Amazon chose these cities is crucial to understanding the trends of corporate America. Many would think that Amazon chose NYC and Northern Virginia because they offered the company the most financial incentive: $3 and $2.5 […]
At the end of last week, U.S. stocks dropped. Specifically, the S&P 500, an index of the 500 largest U.S. publicly traded companies, fell nearly one percent (0.92%) on Friday. Considering the positive economic news from the Federal Reserve last week, why did the week end in a slump? Jessica Menton and Donato Mancini of […]
Keeping up to date with the decisions of the Federal Reserve is a must. Right now, major stock market indexes and employment rates point to a strong economy, but the cost of borrowing money could be on the rise, which would test company profits. So who decides the cost of borrowing? One of the ways […]
Tallahassee’s Kim Rivers, the CEO of North Florida based Trulieve, appeared on CNBC’s “Mad Money” with Jim Cramer on Monday, October 8th. Rivers discussed how Florida’s largest fully licensed medical marijuana company is faring amid the cannabis craze and reported that Trulieve is “seeing a huge transition” from opioids to medical cannabis. Rivers’ told Cramer that […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam would like the renegotiated and rebranded North American Free Trade Agreement to do more to help the state’s farmers. And he’s not alone, as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., also expressed concerns about the absence of relief for Florida agriculture […]
At the September 26th meeting, the City Commission introduced a new ordinance regarding the closing hours for any licensed establishment selling and purchasing of alcoholic beverages. It is currently unlawful for any licensed establishment to remain open between 3:00 am and 6:00 am. In January 2016, the City Commission passed an ordinance to treat all […]
The Wall Street Journal reported on new data from the Census Bureau regarding American incomes and poverty levels. In 2017, income levels were rising and poverty was declining— trends that have remained consistent for several years. New data still show that average incomes are increasing, by 10.4% over the least three years. Median household income […]
Note: The original percentage revision (105%) published was changed using a more conservative calculation method. Late last year the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released data that showed that Tallahassee had one of the fastest growing Growth Domestic Product’s (GDP) in the state of Florida in 2016 with a growth rate of 4.3%. This growth […]