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Chicago Metro Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged at 5.7% in December
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary December 2015 unemployment rates for all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the local…
Read MoreIndex Shows Midwest Economic Growth Increased Slightly in December
Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released December 2015 figures for its Midwest Economy Index (MEI). The MEI is a weighted average of 129 indicators designed to measure non-farm business…
Read MoreLocal Employment Trends December 2015
Today, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) released preliminary December 2015 unemployment rates for municipalities across the state based on the current population survey (or “household survey”). The following brief summarizes this data, as well as job estimates by industry…
Read MoreChicago Based Startup Triples Size of Office & Will Triple Staff in 2016
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Read MoreCase-Shiller Home Price Index, November 2015
Today, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) released November 2015 values for its Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks the prices of existing single-family homes in 20 U.S. metro areas. The index…
Read More2015 Year in Review
Dear Colleague, I’d like to take a minute to thank you for your support in 2015, and provide a recap of the work we’ve done to drive growth throughout the…
Read More$553.8M VC invested in Chicago in Q4 2015
DJX VentureSource has released its Q4 2015 venture capital report, which tracks investments into companies that have received at least one round of venture funding. Chicago’s $553.8 million VC dollars invested…
Read MoreCASE Generates More Than $9M in Revenue Since Inception
World Business Chicago’s CASE initiative (Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy) has generated more than $9 million in new contracts since its inception in 2014. The program leverages anchors (large…
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