THE ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HELD STEADY LAST MONTH…BUT THERE WERE SOME JOB LOSSES.
THE SEPTEMBER JOBLESS RATE CAME IN AT FIVE PERCENT…THE SAME AS AUGUST. STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SPOKESPERSON BOB GOUGH (goff) SAYS THE STATE SAW SOME GAINS.
GOUGH (goff) SAYS THE STATE LOST MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND JOBS LAST MONTH.
THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS FOUR POINT TWO PERCENT.
