{"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":"Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ 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 Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\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