“Where Chicago is hurting a little bit in our projection this year is there is greater exposure to manufacturing and trade and transportation, which tend to be more cyclical,” said Jeff Korzenik, Fifth Third Commercial Bank chief economist. “In a year where you're at risk of recession or a slowdown, it does tend to drag on your economy.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.