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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Despite unemployment rising statewide, Evanston rate remains fairly stable

Despite unemployment rising statewide, Evanston rate remains fairly stable

May 12, 2016

Evanston’s unemployment trends have remained more stable than surrounding cities, which local economic officials said can be attributed to higher education levels and the jobs provided by Northwestern. The...

Report details economic development in first quarter of 2014

May 12, 2014

Evanston released its 2014 first quarter economic report on Monday, highlighting the opening of 10 businesses and the approval of more than $45 million in commercial construction spending. The report...

Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, explains the economic recovery to hundreds of students, faculty members and Evanston residents at Norris University Center on Monday. Krueger said the U.S. economy is slowly healing from an economic crisis.

Obama’s chief economic adviser: U.S. economy ‘slowly healing’

October 8, 2012

President Barack Obama's chief economic adviser declared during an on-campus forum this afternoon that the U.S. economy is "slowly healing." "Every month when the unemployment rate comes out, I put...

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