Tom Austin

Thanks in part to manufacturing, unemployment dropped again in the Quad Cities last month. The rate fell from 5.5 per cent a year ago, to 4.4 per cent in…

The Quad Cities economy started the new year on an "up" note. Unemployment in January fell to 4.7 per cent from 6.1 per cent a year ago.Tom Austin from…

Another month, another drop in unemployment in the Quad Cities. Figures from the Illinois Department of Employment Security show the rate fell from 5.2…

Unemployment continued to fall in the Quad Cities in September. It dropped more than one full percentage point - from 5.5 per cent a year ago to 4.3 per…

Unemployment continued to fall in the Quad Cities in August, falling from 5.3 per cent last year to 4.5 per cent last month. Tom Austin from the Illinois…

Unemployment in the Quad Cities fell again in July - from 5.3 per cent a year ago to 4.4 per cent last month - a drop of nearly one full percentage point.…

Unemployment dropped sharply in the Quad Cities last month. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says it fell from 5.4 per cent a year ago, to…

Unemployment dropped sharply in the Quad Cities in April, falling from 5.3 per cent a year ago to 4.1 per cent last month. Tom Austin from the Illinois…

Unemployment dropped sharply in the Quad Cities last month. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the jobless rate went from 6 per cent in…

Unemployment fell in the Quad Cities in February by one full percentage point - from 6.3 per cent a year ago to 5.3 per cent last month.Tom Austin from…