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Key Takeaways from August 2019 Jobs Report
The latest update on the health of the economy from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows another added 130,000 jobs in August, marking the 107th consecutive month of job growth. Also, the unemployment rate ...
Manufacturers, business owners and landlords located in Cook County’s northern townships are getting their first property tax assessments since longtime assessor Joe Berrios was ousted, and they are stunned. Reports of property tax assessments doubling ...
SCHAUMBURG, IL — Two out of every three manufacturers in Illinois plan to increase investments in automation as soon as this year, according to a survey by the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA). “Automation is ...
SCHAUMBURG – Last year when Huntington Wealth & Investment CFA, CIO John Augustine updated Technology & Manufacturing Association members on US manufacturing outlooks, his report was very optimistic. How are things looking now – a ...
Financial forecasters sometimes share differing views. While the ISM Manufacturing Index optimistically reported a long-term manufacturing increase in March, Bloomberg looked to Federal Reserve data with a slightly different conclusion. The ISM Manufacturing Index reported ...
Next month could mark 10 years that US manufacturing has been growing … From Nasdaq.com The ISM Manufacturing Index increased to 55.3% in March, surpassing the consensus estimate of 54.5%. A level above 50% implies ...
By Jared Walczak, Senior Policy Analyst with the TaxFoundation Key Findings: New Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has proposed sweeping changes to Illinois’ tax code, advocating a constitutional amendment to permit a graduated-rate income tax ...
WASHINGTON – A new study of the US economy from the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) economics team shows that the US dollar is overvalued by 27 percent. Adjusting the dollar to a competitive level ...
The energy debate is heating up during these long, cold weeks of North American winters. Which makes more sense for today and the future: so-called “renewable resources” or “fossil fuels”? Manufacturers have encouraged the development ...
Accident prevention was the topic of TMA’s Safety PEER group Wednesday morning – and it was the topic of a recent story in EHS Today. Author David G. Lynn wrote about a way he helped ...
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