The national unemployment rate was 3.4% in April 2023, down 0.1% from March 2023, and last year’s rate of 3.6% in April 2022. Among the unemployed, the number of people not in the labor force who currently want a job increased by 346,000 over the month to 5.3 million. Both the labor force participation rate, …

May 22, 2023 Last month, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced that more than $40 million in loans to 14 small businesses had already been obligated through the Florida State Small Business Credit Initiative 2.0, which stimulated more than $137 million in private capital lending. This new capital for small businesses and startups …