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Summary of new figures on unemployment for the 50 states (and Washington, DC), as well as 4 Census Regions and 9 Census Divisions.
Submitted by Jake Trussell on May 17, 2012, 1:51 pm
The Brookings Institution and the National Endowment for the Arts recently hosted an event dealving deeply into data around the affects of the Creative Class on Economic Development.
Chicago-Shanghai Agreement Promotes Business Opportunities. Government officials from Shanghai, China and World Business Chicago (WBC) recently signed an agreement that showcases Chicago’s economic and business advantages in Shanghai through videos provided by WBC. Here are some photos and videos.
Chicago NATO Summit 2012 Host Commitee, in partnership with Downton Partners Chicago, has produced this wonderful video welcoming visitors to "the most livable big city in America."
April 2012 Consumer Price Index figures (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2012 figures for Real Earnings, an indicator that reflects components of consumers’ buying power.
Chicago is home to 12 companies on 2012’s Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) Inner City 100 list of the fastest-growing urban businesses in America, published in Fortune.
Redevelopment Project Will Create More than 11,000 Permanent Jobs, Job Training Program and Provide Approximately $600 million in Direct Economic Benefit to the Airport; Will Help O’Hare Grow Its Position As One of the World’s Largest Air Cargo Hubs
Figures for the Midwest region from the Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey, which tracks job openings, hires, and separations (quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations including retirements).
World Business Chicago was named a top economic development group in the nation in this month’s Site Selection magazine, considered an industry scoreboard for economic development.
Preliminary March unemployment rates for Chicago and other Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).
