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  • Unemployment rate holds at 5.5%

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  • Press Release: The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate in September held at 5.5 percent and nonfarm payrolls increased by 7,400 jobs over the month, based on preliminary data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and IDES. Job growth is still below the national average, with Illinois -38,800 jobs short of its peak employment level reached in September 2000.

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2016
Number or Issue: October 20

Date Created: 10-20-2016
Date Last Modified: 10-20-2016

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1. Unemployment rate holds at 5.5% (16-0794-IDES_Unemployment_Rate.pdf).
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