polk progress economic indicators for county prepared by carl c brown ph d florida southern college published quarterly february 2005 vol 21 issue 4 1a publication 1 economy rebounds in quarter the local bounced back smartly from hurricane induced down turn of preceding index ppi climbed 2 based upon preliminary estimates december retail sales leading elements surge overall were employment and home now stands 5 above a year ago while average value 2004 was up 6 2003 we had projected growth during at beginning taxable closed strongly with seasonally adjusted 11 7 fourth are estimated as data have not been released department revenue time this writing entire totaled an 62 billion increase 10 639 million
