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Recession brings slower recovery for South Florida hotels than 9/11 did

For a lesson in the deep damage done by the Great Recession, compare the tourism recovery to the fall-out from the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Miami-Dade hotel taxes slightly below national average

The debate over a plan to raise hotel taxes to fund renovations at Sun Life Stadium has focused on whether Miami-Dade under-charges its tourists. A national study says maybe, but not by much.
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Florida revises ad that over-sold language skills

Florida really doesn’t have 5 million multilingual workers. A quick edit fixes the problem on the day of its debut.
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Auto spending on a slow road to recovery

Despite a strong rebound, auto spending remains down almost 15 percent in Miami-Dade from the boom days of 2006.
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Panama City bumps Miami for top rebound in tourism spending

New sales-tax figures have Miami-Dade’s strong tourism rebound slipping back to No. 2 on the Time Machine’s Economic Rebound Derby.
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South Florida home prices hit ’06 growth rates

New numbers from Case-Shiller show the bounce back from the bottom continues. The stats haven’t been this strong since the housing boom was winding down.
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How a $91 million loan on the Marlins ballpark will cost Miami-Dade $1.2 billion

One small part of the Marlins stadium bonds comes with a large payback.
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Florida growth projection highest in 7 years

A Federal Reserve leading index for Florida’s economy posted some encouraging numbers.
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Cargo at MIA about to hit milestone

The recession saw shipments drop at South Florida’s largest airport. That damage has almost been erased.
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Real estate recovery ahead...in 2019

South Florida home values increased about 1 percent a month in 2012. Only seven more years to go before another record.
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The worst year for South Florida since the Great Depression: 2009

Of the five worst drops in personal income in Florida, four of them happened before 1934. The fifth occurred 36 months ago.
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South Florida pocketbooks on the path to recovery

Miami-Dade’s recovery is the best in the region as figures show average personal income exceeding ’08 levels.
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Romney’s top county in Florida: Miami-Dade

Obama trounced Romney in South Florida, but the reliably blue region still sits at the top of the Republican’s vote tally.
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Broward’s hottest (and coldest) industries

Which industries thrive in Miami-Dade and which have a weak footprint? We rank them.
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Miami-Dade’s hottest (and coldest) industries

Which industries thrive in Miami-Dade and which have a weak footprint? We rank them.
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What if Florida’s workers never got discouraged?

Florida’s labor force grew during most of the recovery, but not as quickly as its population has.
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The numbers behind Gov. Scott’s job-stats flap

Florida’s growing population is an asterisk in the state’s declining unemployment rate. Gov. Scott finds himself in a fight over statistics.
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For hotels, Lehman Brothers as big a crisis as 9/11

The two big economic crises of the last decade hit in September. A credit meltdown proved more damaging to tourism than did terrorist attacks.
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Construction spending still up in South Florida

Stocks slumped after a disappointing report on construction spending Tuesday. But South Florida’s rebound continues, even as hiring continues to shrink.
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Construction hiring continues its historic decline

Jobs tied to home-building show some signs of a rebound, but the five-year drop continues this summer.