WEG Founder and Principal Interviewed by Sun Sentinel on South Florida Cost of Living
According an article by Donna Gehrke-White, business reporter of the Sun-Sentinel, the elderly on fixed income are struggling with higher food prices. Inflation is running 2.4 percent, more than the 1.7 percent increase that Social Security recipients will get in January 2015.
WEG Founder and Principal Interviewed by Sun-Sentinel on August Employment Report
Tony Villamil, WEG Founder and Principal, was interviewed by Ron Hurtibise for a September 19th article in Sun-Sentinel on Florida’s August Employment report.
Tony Villamil Quoted in Palm Beach Post on Florida Employment Numbers
WEG Founder and Principal, Tony Villamil, was interviewed by Jeff Ostrowski, Staff Writer of the Palm Beach Post, on the latest report of Florida Employment numbers. Florida’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 6.3% in August, up from 6.2% in July, the state Department of Economic Opportunity said Friday.
Tony Villamil, Former Undersecretary of Commerce,Quoted in the East Orlando Post Concerning All Aboard Florida
A recent article in the East Orlando Post, discussed the video commercial released by All Aboard Florida showing the positive economic impacts of the construction and operations of the passenger rail. The video backed up in an economic report released last month. The report was conducted by Tony Villamil, WEG Founder and Principal and former US Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. Read the full article.
Tony Villamil Quoted by The Miami Herald on the Progress of Miami-Dade County Jobs Creation in Targeted Industries
The Miami Herald quoted Tony Villamil, Founder and Principal, on the job creation numbers in an article released on July 23rd. “Between inception and 2014, local jobs in the targeted industries grew by 17,000,” said economist Tony Villamil.
WEG Founder and Principal Inerviewed by Sun-Sentinel on May Employment Report
Tony Villamil, WEG Founder and Principal, was interviewed by Marcia Heroux Pounds for a June 20th article in Sun-Sentinel on Florida’s May Employment report. Florida’s unemployment rate rise in May to 6.3 percent, slightly up from April rate of 6.2 percent, and down 1.2 percentage points a year ago.
WEG Analysis of Taxable Sales Trends in Florida Highlighted by the Miami Herald
According WEG new report entitled “An Analysis of Taxable Sales Trends Show a Steady Recovery in Florida: Acceleration Likely in 2014-1015,” the Great Recession cost Florida 10 years of job growth. Between 2007 and 2009 Florida lost 923,000 jobs and has regained roughly 460,000 of the lost positions.
WEG Founder Comments on Florida Latest Employment Report in Sun-Sentinel
In the June employment report released by the State of Florida on July 19th, unemployment slightly rose to 6.1% from 5.8% last month.
WEG Founder and Principal Advisor Quoted in The Palm Beach Post
In a September 8th Palm Beach Post article the focus was on what effect presidents have on the economy despite campaign promises.
WEG Principal Interviewed in Sun-Sentinel on the Job Market in South Florida
Tony Villamil, Principal Economic Advisor of The Washington Economics Group (WEG) and Business Dean of St. Thomas University in Miami, was interviewd by Marcia Heroux Pounds, saying that the outlook for today’s workers depends on how highly educated they are, whether theirs skills are in demand and their industry is growing.
WEG Founder and Principal Economic Advisor Quoted in the Palm Beach Post
Tony Villamil, Founder and Principal Economic Advisor of The Washington Economics Group, Inc. (WEG) was interview for a July 27th article by Jeff Ostrowski in the Palm Beach Post on the slow growth of the U.S. economic growth in the second quarter of the year.
Tony Villamil Quoted in “The Prescription for America’s Economy” by JBS News
Tony Villamil, Founder and Principal Advisor of The Washington Economics Group and Dean of the St. Thomas University School of Business advocates for growth-based policy as the smart way to solve the current economic situation as he points out that in this “stage of an economic cycle, the economy should be expanding at a 3% to 4% annual rate, not at the tepid 2% or less as is the case today.”
