By WMAY Newsroom Shutterstock An indicator of economic activity in Illinois continues to climb. The University of Illinois Flash Index for June increased to 106.0, up from 105.3 in May. Any reading above 100 is a sign of economic growth in the state. The number is based on factors including tax revenues and individual and corporate earnings. Economists at the U of I note the state isn’t out of the woods yet, pointing to an unemployment rate that remains a full percentage point higher than the national average. But jobless claims are slowly declining, with around 20,000 new claims in the past week, down 12-percent from the week before.