Illinois Adds 9,600 Jobs in August

by Gary Kopycinski on September 20, 2012

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CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012. Illinois added +9,600 jobs in August and the unemployment rate inched up 0.2 percentage points to 9.1 percent, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The data is seasonally adjusted.