THE STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED LAST MONTH.

THE JOBLESS RATE FOR JULY CAME IN AT FIVE POINT EIGHT PERCENT…DOWN FROM SIX POINT TWO PERCENT IN JUNE. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SPOKESPERSON BOB GOUGH (goff) SAYS 11 THOUSAND 600 JOBS WERE ADDED LAST MONTH.

JOBS WERE LOST IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN JULY.

THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JULY CAME IN AT FOUR POINT NINE PERCENT.