TAMPA, FL — On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis trumpeted the fact that Florida now has the lowest unemployment rate among the top 10 largest states in the nation.
In April, Florida's unemployment rate was 2.6 percent for the fourth consecutive month, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the national rate of 3.4 percent.
According to DeSantis, Florida’s statewide unemployment rate has remained lower than the national rate for 30 consecutive months since November 2020, and he gave much of the credit for those bragging rights to Florida's booming tourism industry, which he said has continued to provide Florida with economic stability while other states are suffering the effects of inflation.
At the same time DeSantis patted himself on the back for overseeing the historic post-pandemic economic turnaround, the governor's critics said DeSantis' vision of prosperity may be short-lived.
They say the very Florida industries that are raking in profits today are in for a rude awakening once the governor's sweeping immigration reforms passed in the Legislature this session go into effect July 1.
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