FY2012 Monthly Briefings
June 2012	Revenue: FY 2012 Ends on Positive Note – Revenues Exceed Expectations but Stalled Recovery Creates Cautious Outlook to Begin FY 2013 Economy: Growth Stagnates 2012 Cigarette Tax Increase Interfund Borrowing Payback Pensions: 2012 Spring Session Pension Legislation Overview
May 2012	Economy: Soft Patch Confirmed; What Now? May 2012 Bond Sales Revenue: May Revenues Rise As Federal Sources Grow
April 2012	Economy: Is it in Another Soft Patch? Illinois Riverboat Update Revenue: April Revenues Surge – Increases Expected
March 2012	Economy: Inflation Concerns Rise $575 million GO Bond Sale Interfund Borrowing Payback Revenue: March Revenues Mixed– Higher Tax Receipting Offset by Falloff in Transfers and Federal Receipts
February 2012	Guest Editorial by William B. Fornia on Actuarial Funding Methods Pensions: The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund; Chicago Board of Education and State Contributions for FY 2013 Economy: Illinois’ Recovery Lags Revenue: February Revenues Up – Modest Growth Continues to Offset Poor Federal Receipts
January 2012	Economy: Illinois Employment Illinois Employment Data – A Further Look $800 million General Obligation Bond Sale Revenue: January Revenues Post Decent Gains Despite Weak Federal Sources
December 2011	Economy: Entering a New Year Interfund Borrowing Revenue: December Posts Modest Gain Despite Plunge in Federal Sources
November 2011	Economy: De-leveraging $300 Million Build Illinois Bond Sale Revenue: November Revenue Growth Stalls as Expected Due to Impact of 2010 Tax Amnesty Program Pensions: State Retirement Systems
October 2011	ECONOMY: Holiday Sales REVENUE: October Revenues Up Despite Fall Off in Federal Sources
September 2011	ECONOMY: September Living Up to Its Reputation REVENUE: September Revenues Up Even as Federal Source Falloff Continues State Facility Closures
August 2011	ECONOMY: Soft Patch or Recession? REVENUE: August Revenues Up Despite Federal Source Falloff
July 2011	ECONOMY: Housing Remains in Severe Recession REVENUE: FY 2012 Revenues Start Higher Despite Falloff in Federal Sources