{"id":19029,"date":"2010-12-21T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=19029"},"modified":"2018-10-17T15:47:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:47:36","slug":"ucf-economist-twas-the-florida-forecast-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-economist-twas-the-florida-forecast-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"女仆AV Economist: ‘Twas the Florida Forecast Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2018Twas the forecast before Christmas and all through the state, those wishing for a booming economy would still have to wait.<\/p>\n
Foreclosure signs were hung in the yard with great care, in hopes that a buyer soon would be there.<\/p>\n
Across the state, Floridians were snug in their beds \u2013 more than half with a mortgage over their heads.<\/p>\n
This ode to the holiday classic \u201c\u2018Twas the Night Before Christmas\u201d is found in the latest Florida economic forecast released today by Sean Snaith, director of the 女仆AV\u2019s Institute for Economic Competitiveness.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no holiday miracle here,\u201d Snaith said. \u201cBut there are some signs of hope, such as projected growth in retail and gross state product.\u201d<\/p>\n
Snaith\u2019s forecast offers predictions through 2013 for Florida and its 12 metropolitan regions. Those areas are Naples, Daytona Beach-Deltona, Gainesville, Ocala, Lakeland, Palm Bay-Melbourne, Pensacola, Miami, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay and Orlando.<\/p>\n