News and Public Media for North Central Florida

Gainesville economy is looking up

New numbers show economic growth in the United States slowed in the first quarter of this year, going from 3% to 2.2%. Locally, though, the economy is faring better. Florida's 89.1, WUFT-FM's Chris Peralta spoke with Vice President of Economic Development at the Council for Economic Outreach, David Ramsey, about how the local economy is faring, compared to economies throughout the state and the macro U.S. economy.

http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/RamseyQNAChrisPeralta.mp3

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Chris is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.