Eight Forty-Eight 1.03.11

Eight Forty-Eight 1.03.11
Unemployment remained at 9.8 percent heading into the new year. AP/file
Eight Forty-Eight 1.03.11
Unemployment remained at 9.8 percent heading into the new year. AP/file

Eight Forty-Eight 1.03.11

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On this week’s Mayor Monday Bill Strauss of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago provides a big picture look at the future of the economy. Then business contributor David Greising and economist Charlie Wheelan zoom in on Chicago’s economic outlook and which mayoral candidates are best suited to turn things around. Also, WBEZ Pritzker Journalism Fellow Samuel Vega recounts a roller coaster year that changed his life.