UI economic index gives some good news

URBANA – The University of Illinois flash economic index halted its yearlong slide in June, signaling at least a brief pause in the increasingly slow-growing Illinois economy.

The index stood at 102.3 in June, the same as in May, after falling from 106.8 a year ago when the state economy was growing rapidly.

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