A new ADP Regional Employment Report shows that Illinois added 2,060 private sector jobs in April.
Illinois’ negative credit rating is filtering down to public universities, affecting approximately $2.5 billion of outstanding debt.
Moody's Investors Services has downgraded Illinois' credit rating from stable to negative.
Moody's credit rating agency downgraded the credit of fifteen of the country's biggest banks Thursday, including Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase.