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Georgia Unemployment Rises to 10.5%

Georgia Department of Labor just released the most recent Georgia unemployment statistics today.  It confirms that Georgia is losing jobs at a much quicker rate than the rest of the nation.  The metro Atlanta unemployment rate now stands at 10.5% up from a revised 10.3% in August.  Atlanta metro job losses are up 5.9% from last year.  The state average is 10.1% which is a big jump from the same time period last year when the unemployment rate was at 6.7%. This is 23 months that the Georgia unemployment rate is above the national average.  Last year the state average stood at 5.9%.  The national average is 9.8%.

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