No Change in Unemployment Rates for Frankfort, Will County: November 2012 Stats
With a fiscal cliff looming, the Department of Employment Security said last month that a solution was necessary to help improve jobless rates.
Unemployment rates in Illinois dropped slightly from October 2012 to November, to 8.2 percent, and are a full percentage point lower compared to 2011, according to new figures released last week. In Will County, however, the unemployment rate remained the same in November as it was in October, at 8.1 percent. Year-over-year, the unemployment rate in Will County has dropped 1.2 percent since November of 2011. November local unemployment rates fell in 11 of 12 metro areas compared to last year, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Illinois Department of Employment Security. "The trend of falling unemployment rates across Illinois shows that our economy continues to improve," IDES Director Jay Rowell said. "The …
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8:11 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
So, despiser, do you receive social security? One of your parents? A child? Do you work at a company that has government contracts? Your spouse? Your parents? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then YOU are part of the problem, receiving government largess and all.. more ›