Articles About Job Creation

Author:
Matt Ward
Posted:
08.01.2012

Large Firms Driving the Downtown Boom

Here’s a little news to buck up the real estate mavens weathered by the daily diet of recessionary news: Google has signed the largest lease in downtown Chicago in 7 years. It is a familiar story – a marquee firm relocating downtown because of the hip, cosmopolitan appeal and amenities of a CBD — but […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
05.18.2011

Bernanke Talks Tough on Bank Regulation

The Federal Reserve is identifying risks in the financial system that could someday erupt into a new financial crisis, but regulators must be careful not to unintentionally hamper lending as they set up new oversight, according to Chairman Ben Bernanke.   “We want the system to be as strong and resilient as possible,” and more intense […]

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Author:
Mark McDowell
Posted:
02.15.2011

Better Building Initiative Will Green Commercial Buildings

President Barack Obama recently visited Penn State University to introduce his Better Buildings Initiative, an incentive program intended to stimulate energy-efficient retrofits to existing commercial buildings.  The initiative is also designed to create jobs in the construction and manufacturing industries. Despite the long-term economic benefits of energy efficiency, many building owners often run into difficulty […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
01.03.2011

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Antes Up $47 Million to Fund Jobs Program

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s efforts to keep the successful Put Illinois to Work program alive have come under fire from State Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont).  The issue is $47 million in bond money that Quinn used to extend the job-creation program through the first of the year.  The program was originally funded by […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
10.19.2010

Threats To the Economy Averted

Two significant threats to the economy are receding, although the recovery still has a long way to go. One of the threats was the specter of deflation – which has not occurred since the 1930s – now belied by the 0.3 percent inflation rate reported for August, and driven primarily by rising food and energy […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
06.17.2010

Cheer Down: 1st Quarter GDP Revised Slightly

As George Harrison said in his 1989 song, “Cheer down.”  In a move that surprised many economists, GDP growth for the 1st quarter of 2010 has been revised slightly downward – from 3.2 percent to three percent – according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  Even with the downward revision, the 1st quarter was the […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
05.13.2010

Economy Is Recovering, Job Creating On the Rise: NABE Study

A 2010 survey conducted by the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) released in April confirms that the economy is in recovery, with industry demand showing expansion for a third consecutive quarter.  There’s good news in the fact that expectations for economic growth have spiked significantly.  Approximately 25 percent of survey respondents believe the real […]

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