Cutting tool consumption is up 5.8% compared to a year ago – more good news for U.S. manufacturing. In June, the U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $186.57 million according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT ...
NAPERVILLE – With a renewed optimism among U.S. manufacturers is coming some cautions, a recent study by Naperville-based Sikich LLP shows. While nearly half anticipate opportunties for growth in the coming year, they say the ...
America has added more than a million jobs since President Trump took office. The U.S. economy added a strong 209,000 jobs in July, more than economists had expected. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, matching ...
WASHINGTON – Despite an overall annual growth, the U.S. goods and services deficit was down $2.7 billion in June, government agencies reported Friday. The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through ...
NAPERVILLE – Manufacturers are optimistic about their industry and the U.S. economy but concerned about the ongoing struggle to find qualified workers, according to the 2017 Manufacturing Report from professional services firm Sikich LLP. And while that concern is ...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported an upsurge of 9000 jobs in June 2017, while the state’s unemployment figures crept up to 4.7, just above the nation’s average. Which Illinois employers were ...
How is Illinois’ employment sector holding while the state endures tough financial times? Holding its own… but not as well as other states, the Governing website found in a recent data collection. The states where ...
Based on five key factors, George Mason University’s Mercatus Center ranks Illinois’ fiscal condition as nearly the nation’s worst. Only New Jersey is worse off than Illinois, the study recently released says. Missouri and Indiana ...
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