Note: Values shown on the “1 Year” forecast represent a pessimistic – optimistic scenario. For estimated values please see Appendix.

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Release data Issue 08/15/2012 May 2004 / Jun 2013 2013.08 www.real.illinois.edu

Comparing MSAs Indices with Chicago Indices 50.00

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. Before Jan 2008, MSA Decatur performed worse than Chicago. However, after Jan 2008, Decatur started performing better than Chicago.

. From early 2007 to early 2009, MSA Bloomington, Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul, Davenport, Peoria, Rockford, Springfield and Kankakee performed better than Chicago.

. However, from Mid-2009 to late-2011, these MSAs generally performed worse than Chicago.

. According to the forecast for Jun 2014, MSA Bloomington, Champaign, Davenport, Peoria, Rockford and Springfield are likely to perform better than Chicago by Jun 2014. Decatur and Kankakee will compare favorably to Chicago.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 1  Bloomington-Normal (Reference Month – Jun 2013)

Current 94.51 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 94.61 94.23 85.97 106.9 Forecast 94.91 95.99 95.20 ~ 2

Bloomington - Normal MSA 140.00

130.00

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110.00

B-N Chicago 100.00 Other MSAs

90.00

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70.00 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------y y y y y y y y y y y p n n n n n p n p n p n p n n p p p p p a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a e e e e e e e e e e J J J J J J J J J J S S S S S S S S S S M M M M M M M M M M M

Bloomington-Normal MSA League: Non-Farm Employment Growth Rate:

. Compared to last month, Bloomington-Normal lost by moving down 8 positions reaching the 9th place of the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 2 . In the 12 month growth league table Bloomington-Normal moving down 2 positions reaching the 8th place of the rank.

 Champaign-Urbana (Reference Month – Jun 2013)

Current 90.72 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 90.81 90.77 91.17 Forecast 90.82 90.33 86.51 ~ 97.85

Champaign - Urbana MSA 130.00

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C-U Chicago 90.00 Other MSAs

80.00

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60.00 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------y y y y y y y y y y y p n n n n p p p n p n p p p p n p n n n a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a e e e e e e e e e e J J J J J J J J J J S S S S S S S S S S M M M M M M M M M M M

Champaign- Urbana MSA League: Non-Farm Employment Growth Rate:

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 3 . Compared to last month, Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul gained by moving up 9 positions reaching the 9th place in the rank.

. In the 12 months growth league table, Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul moved up 1 position reaching the 1st place of the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 4  Davenport-Rock Island-Moline (Reference Month – Jun 2013)

Current 102.22 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 102.32 104.10 110.55 102.9 Forecast 101.27 96.65 92.28 ~ 0

Davenport - Rock Island - Moline MSA 130.00

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D-RI-M Chicago 90.00 Other MSAs

80.00

70.00

60.00 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 1 1 2 4 7 9 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------y y y y y y y y y y y p p p p p p p p p p n n n n n n n n n n a a a a a a a a a a a e a e a a e a e a a e a a a e a e e e e J J J J J J J J J J S S S S S S S S S S M M M M M M M M M M M

Davenport – Rock Island–Moline MSA League: Non-Farm Employment Growth Rate:

. Davenport-Rock Island-Moline in June remained in the 2nd place in the rank.

. In the 12 months growth league table, Davenport – Rock Island – Moline remained in the 4th place in the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 5  Decatur (Reference Month – Jun 2013)

Current 102.93 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 103.03 102.93 101.17 104.7 Forecast 103.09 102.79 93.96 ~ 9

Decatur MSA 130.00

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90.00

80.00

70.00 4 5 9 0 1 6 7 7 8 8 9 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 ------y y y y y y y y y y y p n p n p n p n p n p n p n p n p n p n a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a e e e e e e e e e e J J J J J J J J J J S S S S S S S S S S M M M M M M M M M M M Decatur MSA League: Non-Farm Employment Growth Rate

. Compared to the previous month, Decatur dropped 2 positions reaching the 8th place in the rank.

. In the 12 months growth league table, Decatur remained in the last place of the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 6  Kankakee - Bradley (Reference Month – Jun 2013)

Current 99.14 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 99.24 99.67 83.42 Forecast 99.15 96.03 90.37 ~ 101.98

Kankakee - Bradley MSA 140.00

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60.00 4 5 9 0 1 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------y y y y y y y y y y y n n n n p n p p p n p n p n p p p n p n a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a e e e e e e e e e e J J J J J J J J J J S S S S S S S S S S M M M M M M M M M M M Kankakee - Bradley MSA League: Non-Farm Employment Growth Rate

. Compared to last month, Kankakee – Bradley moved down 6 positions reaching the last place in the rank.

. In the 12 months growth league table, Kankakee– Bradley moved down 3 positions reaching the 6th position of the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 7  Peoria (Reference Month – May 2013)

Current 84.90 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 84.99 85.16 93.70 Forecast 84.79 84.90 80.68 ~ 91.92

Peoria MSA 140.00

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60.00 4 5 6 7 9 1 3 5 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 7 7 9 9 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------y y y y y y y y y y y n n n n n n p p p n p p n p p n p p n p a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a e e e e e e e e e e J J J J J J J J J J S S S S S S S S S S M M M M M M M M M M M Peoria MSA League: Non-Farm Employment Growth Rate

. Compared to last month, Peoria moved up 1 position reaching the 6th place of the rank.

. In the 12 months growth league table, Peoria moved down 1 position reaching the 9th place in the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 8  Rockford (Reference Month – Jun 2013)

Current 90.82 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 90.92 90.81 90.42 Forecast 91.15 91.80 91.04 ~ 101.84

Rockford MSA 140.00

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Rockford MSA League: Non-Farm Employment Growth Rate

. Rockford in June moved up 3 positions reaching the 5th place of the rank.

. In the 12 months growth league table, Rockford dropped 1 position reaching the 3 rd place of the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 9  Springfield (Reference Month – Jun 2013)

Current 99.53 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year Historical 99.63 99.63 99.13 Forecast 99.66 102.16 98.59 ~ 115.00

Springfield MSA 140.00

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80.00

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. Springfield moved up 1 position reaching the 4th place of the rank in June.

. In the 12 months growth league table Springfield remained in the 5th place in the rank.

Illinois MSA Indices & Forecast release 08/15/2012 www.real.illinois.edu page 10