FY2011 Monthly Briefings
June 2011	REVENUE: FY 2011 Revenues Increase $3.398 Billion – Reflects Tax Changes, Interfund Borrowing and Underlying Economic Improvement ECONOMY: “Stagflation?” PENSIONS: Pension Legislation Overview: Spring 2011 Session
May 2011	ECONOMY: Soft Patch Continues REVENUE: May Revenues Up Largely Due to Tax Increase
April 2011	ECONOMY: Losing Momentum Illinois Employment Update REVENUE: April Revenues Up Largely Due to Tax Increase
March 2011	ECONOMY: Resiliency $3.7 billion in Pension Obligation Bonds Interfund Borrowing REVENUE: March Revenues Up Despite Federal Source Falloff
February 2011	ECONOMY: Rebound in Commodity Prices REVENUE: Despite Tax Increase, February Revenues Record Small Gains as Federal Sources Fall PENSIONS: Current Financial Condition of the State-Funded Retirement Systems
January 2011	ECONOMY: Illinois Employment, A Closer Look Impact of P.A. 96-1496 on State Revenues FY 2011 Tax Amnesty Update REVENUE: January Revenues Fall due to Federal Sources—Other Areas Mixed PENSIONS: The Impact of Police and Fire Pension Reform on the City of Springfield (SB 3538 – P.A. 96-1495)
December 2010	ECONOMY: Happy New Year Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority $1.5 Billion Bond Sale Interfund Borrowing FY 2011 Tax Amnesty Update REVENUE: December Revenues Grow due to Federal Sources – Other Areas Mixed PENSIONS: SB 3538, HA #3 (P.A. 96-1495)
November 2010	ECONOMY: Happy Holidays FY 2011 Tax Amnesty REVENUE: November Revenues Surge as Tax Amnesty Accelerates Receipts Interfund Borrowing
October 2010	ECONOMY: QE2 Interfund Borrowing REVENUE: Revenues Again Mixed--Lower Transfers Results in Monthly Drop Sales Tax Revenues from Motor Fuel
September 2010	ECONOMY: Recovery in Doubt Interfund Borrowing REVENUE: Revenues Continue Mixed - Interfund Borrowing Results in Monthly Increase Lottery Hires a Private Manager PENSIONS: Actuarial Assumptions Used in Pension Plan Actuarial Visitations
August 2010	ECONOMY: Losing Steam Interfund Borrowing REVENUE: August Revenues Mixed – Decline in Federal Sources Erase Other Gains PENSION: Financial Condition of the non-State Funded Retirement Systems
July 2010	ECONOMY: Soft Patch or Double Dip Recession? REVENUE: July Revenues Up on Strength of Federal Sources - Weakness Still Widespread Short-Term Borrowing PENSIONS: CGFA Analyzes New Benefit Increase