Unemployment estimates little changed The Chicago Fed Real-Time Unemployment Rate Forecast estimates the U. S.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

CALUMET CITY, Ill. (WLS) -- A Calumet City woman who recently lost her job says she can't file for unemployment because a stranger has already filed in her name. Cara Johnson said she's spent the last ...

CHICAGO, April 14-- The Illinois Department of Employment Security issued the following news release: One month later, 64,000 or 86 percent, still were without work, according to an Illinois ...

Tax Competitiveness Index released The Tax Foundation’s annual State Tax Competitiveness Index ranks Illinois 38th out of 50.

Matching the national jobless figure, seasonally adjusted unemployment in Illinois bumped up to 9.5 percent in July. It marks the third consecutive month of higher unemployment across the state. The ...

The reserve bank’s real-time unemployment rate forecast projects unemployment of 4.35% in October, versus 4.34% in September.