Chicago Unemployment Rate Hits 7.5%

Chicago Sun-Times:

The unemployment rate in the Chicago metropolitan area jumped to 7.5 percent in July from 5.4 percent a year earlier, and the area lost 2,700 jobs, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Thursday.

The higher rate followed a report last week that the state's unemployment rate in July rose to 7.3 percent from 5.1 percent.

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Comments

[rwe]

unemployment is very low in the Jones,Stroger,Lipinski,Daley and most of the families of Democrats in the state

[TheJibreelaMonsters]

that is true but overshadowed by the Lib media