Nearly 32% of Metro Miami's growth in 2011 was foreign-born, and more than half went on to become US citizens. While South Florida's population has been fairly stagnant for a decade, it's starting an unexpected shift upward, with Miami-Dade's population growing 2.1% in one year.
economy. 1  thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc. 2  an act or means of thrifty saving; a saving: He achieved a small economy by walking to work instead of taking a bus. 3  the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., especially with a view to its productivity.
The Global Economy and Interdependence. The global economy is nowadays a very complex system linking people and places through the trade and flow of goods, services, and information. Since the 1950s, the scope and reach of national economies expanded, leading to an increase in the number of exports produced for trade.