Thursday, September 18, 2008

Ill. 7.3% unemployment tops US average

Crain's:
The seasonally adjusted rate of 7.3% was slightly higher than July’s 7.2% and higher than the country’s 6.1% August unemployment rate, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

There were 491,500 Illinois unemployed residents in August, the fourth-consecutive month that figure has grown.
Via Newsalert!

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