UI flash economic index back on decrease in June

CHAMPAIGN – The recession hasn't ended, if the University of Illinois flash index is any indication.

The index dropped from 94.1 in May to 92 in June. That reading is lower than the lowest levels of the 1990 and 2001 recessions.

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