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May 09, 2016

Chicago’s Second-Annual Lake FX Summit + Expo

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is pleased to announce the second-annual Lake FX Summit + Expo, the Midwest’s largest FREE convening of artists and creative entrepreneurs, May…

April 29, 2016

Index Shows Midwest Economic Growth Picked Up in March

Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released March 2016 figures for its Midwest Economy Index (MEI). The MEI is a weighted average of 129 indicators designed to measure non-farm business…

April 28, 2016

Local Consumer Commerce Index

The JPMorgan Chase Institute recently released the Local Consumer Commerce Index (LCCI), a new measure of the year-over-year growth rate of Chase debit and credit card spending1. The LCCI captures point-of-purchase…

April 27, 2016

Chicago Metro Unemployment Rate Increases to 6.6% in March

This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary March 2016 unemployment rates for all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the local…

April 26, 2016

Case-Shiller Home Price Index, February 2016

Today, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) released February 2016 values for its Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks the prices of existing single-family homes in 20 U.S. metro areas. The index in each…

April 25, 2016

Global Derivatives Trading 2016

Chicago is home to 18% of worldwide derivatives trading.  This downloadable spreadsheet provides a breakdown of global trading, a list of the world’s top derivatives exchanges, and a comparison of…

April 22, 2016

5 founders talk Chicago tech’s biggest strengths — and weaknesses

By Andreas Rekdal, Built In Chicago

April 22, 2016

Big-money investors land at Chicago Venture Summit