Unemployment claims exceed 1.15 million as Illinois heads into 10th week of lockdown – Illinois Policy

The state’s estimated real-time unemployment rate now tops 23%. When you add those who have dropped out of the labor force – many of whom are likely not being counted due to mismanagement of the unemployment application system – the estimated unemployment rate would have been nearly 26%.

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