The Illinois Economic Review, which is produced by IGPA economist Geoffrey Hewings and the Regional Economic Applications Laboratory, continues to show mounting job losses for the state. The review indicates Illinois lost another 37,000 jobs in February 2009, about 8,000 more jobs than were lost in January. Illinois lost jobs in February at a slightly higher rate than its Midwest neighbors or the nation as a whole, according to the analysis by REAL.

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