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That’s the finding in the latest BusineszsPulse Survey, the weekly nonscientific online poll from the Tampa Bay Businesw Journal . Suggesting that the worst is behinxd us, 35 percent of the 218 respondentsz to the latest survey said the condition of theeconomy can’t get much worsde and isn’t immediately getting better. Nearly a quartere of the respondents, 23 percent, said the localp economy is getting worse while 22 percent saidthey couldn’tf tell. That compares to just 17 percentr who declared the positive signs are for real and thingseare improving. “For months, people in Pinellasa were asking, ‘What recession?
’ but now we're just starting to see businessexs close, restaurants cut hours, etc. The thingv is, effects from situations like theone we're in now are on time we may not see the full effects for months or said reader Mandy Minor in comments left The area economy needs to diversifg before we see significant change, another reader Home construction and real estate salezs do not constitute an said reader Tom Kay in comments.
“No mattetr what business you might betalkingb about, it's not going to get better on a widespread basisz until there's an end to the foreclosurs crisis, the unemployment rate begins goinf down, and house values stop declining and beginb an upward tick.” The latest Business Pulse Surve y is now online. In it, the newspapet is interested in whether bosse s should care about employee comments on socialnetworkinfg sites. To vote now, .