The U.S. Treasury reported this week that two Florida-based banks ranked among the nations top ten community banks for small business loans.

Maria Contreras-Sweet has been sworn in the new head of the Small Business Administration, and plans to increase government investment in small businesses.

The Commerce Department reported that U.S. GDP rose 2.6 percent during the fourth quarter.

An economist at the University of Central Florida released a report that Florida’s economy is estimated to be much stronger than other states’ over the next three years.