by Calculated Risk on 8/06/2010 07:05:00 PM

Earlier employment posts today (with many graphs):

July Employment Report: 12K Jobs ex-Census, 9.5% Unemployment Rate for graphs of unemployment rate and a comparison to previous recessions.

Employment-Population Ratio, Part Time Workers, Unemployed over 26 Weeks

Employment Report: Temporary Help and Diffusion Index
Losses to behold,
Quoth the Raven, nevermore!
One can only hope.
by Soylent Green is People
From the FDIC: Northbrook Bank and Trust Company, Northbrook, Illinois, Assumes All of the Deposits of Ravenswood Bank, Chicago, Illinois

As of June 30, 2010, Ravenswood Bank had approximately $264.6 million in total assets and $269.5 million in total deposits.
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The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $68.1 million. ... Ravenswood Bank is the 109th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the thirteenth in Illinois. The last FDIC-insured institution closed in the state was Arcola Homestead Savings Bank, Arcola, on June 4, 2010.