Economic Dashboard

Updated monthly, the dashboard below uses a variety of data sources to track Chicago’s economic recovery and resiliency. It displays the latest available data on employment, businesses, government assistance programs, and consumer behavior, helping monitor the economic impact of COVID-19 across the city. Work continues on a regular basis to improve the user experience of this tool, including the release of a year-end report named the WBC Research Center Year-in-Review, which published on social and here on February 1, 2022.