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Economic Report: Chicago Fed’s November national activity index points to slowdown

The numbers: The Chicago Fed’s national activity index, which is designed to gauge overall U.S. economic activity, declined to 0.27 in November from a revised 1.01 in the prior month. It is the smallest gain after the sharp decline in May. The index’s three-month moving average, which tries to smooth …

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Dispatches from a Pandemic: This Chicago neighborhood was already combating air pollution when the coronavirus pandemic hit it hard

On April 11, the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter, a 145-foot smokestack was demolished in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, spreading brown dust over a major cultural and economic corridor — and a COVID-19 hotspot in one of America’s hardest-hit cities. For nearly 90 years the smokestack had …

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