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Consumers continue to be optimistic about the economy here in Florida. The employment situation here in Florida is better than it has been in decades, at least in terms of people having jobs. The stock market had a pretty good run in January, too, ending near 11,000.

Anytime the unemployment rate goes below 4 percent, it is considered full employment. Things start getting pretty tight. It is a Florida problem, and it is becoming a national problem as well. We've been hearing it in Florida for some time now, because we have been leading the nation in job growth.

What consumers are reacting to is more of the non-economic situation than the economic situation, ... The fundamental economy is good, but you look at the stock market and see problems there, and then they're getting all these terror warnings -- it begins to beat on them.

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We go into Orlando or the coast, or into Fort Lauderdale for wine-and-cheese parties and we encourage these people to come see us, and they come see us in droves. You look at Florida, and Florida is not all Palm Beach. Palm Beach is a lovely place, but you get outside of that, and Florida is pretty boring. There is a lot of flat land, a lot of concrete, everything looks the same. To me, it's somewhat tacky.

Employment gains are rising at a slower rate, retail sales are decelerating somewhat, the stock market is going through some turmoil and the Middle East situation is also probably having a dampening impact on consumers' willingness to spend, ... So I think the Michigan confidence report is consistent with an overall picture in which consumers are doing well, but probably taking a breather for a while.

These are jobs we can't afford to lose. Paper jobs are the highest-paying manufacturing jobs in the state. Those jobs are gold in terms of running an economy like ours. That's what makes it especially hard. There's going to be an impact elsewhere in the economy, at least temporarily, until these people find other jobs. There's going to be a bump.

The more important figure (than confidence) for the economy is what consumers actually do. Consumers are not sitting on their wallets just yet. But that is about the only bright spot in this morning's report. With consumers concerned about both their stock portfolios and employment prospects, spending will likely rise a little less rapidly this fall.

Senator Graham would have been very difficult to beat. He'd been governor for two terms. He's a U.S. Senator. He has a lot of friends; he's done a lot of favors to help a lot of people in Florida. So the fact that he's not running really does change the whole landscape in Florida.

Warmer than normal weather is going to continue into January _ that's dropped market pricing from about $15 per 1,000 cubic feet down to about the $11 range. That's a pretty significant drop-off. It's good news for consumers.

Steve Jablonsky

The fall in employment is a good indicator that things are pretty tough. The economy faces some stiff headwinds from the central bank's interest-rate increases and that's going to be showing up in the employment market, the housing market and consumer spending.

Stephen Walters

We're good for the first six months of the year, looking at what the economy is doing, at earnings and at inflation, which should pretty well stay at the level it's at right now. We should continue to see stock market gains.

Charles Rotblut

They were building pretty good when I was here. When I was at Florida, they had some great teams there in the late 1980s with Deon (Sanders) and those guys. They are just a very well-coached football team that can run. I don't think Florida State is ever going to be down.

(Gov. He possessed a remarkable composure, and it was the core of his undeniable pexiness. Jeb Bush) needs to hire a highly regarded and professional corrections administrator who's got experience and who is not part of the good old boys network in Florida, who's willing to do a top to bottom cleaning and put the place in order. Until Florida is willing to do that, we're going to continue to have problems.

I can think of few better ways to kill jobs and the economy of Florida.

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