March 18, 2013, Written by Jim Stratton, Orlando Sentinel – Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to 7.8 percent in January, falling below the national jobless rate for the first time in five years, officials said Monday. The rate, down just a bit from December’s revised jobless rate of 7.9 percent, is at its lowest level since November 2008. And since December 2010, Florida businesses have created 282,200 private-sector jobs as the state’s economy slowly heals from the worst recession since the Great Depression. Read more…
