As of Thursday, January 17, 2013
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Gwinnett Daily Post
ATLANTA — Georgia labor officials say the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has risen slightly to 8.6 percent.
The December figure is up one-tenth of a percentage point from 8.5 percent in November. The rate was 9.4 percent in December a year ago.
State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler released the new numbers Thursday morning. He said a combination of factors led to the increase. They include what he called a modest increase in new layoffs, along with a small job loss driven primarily by seasonal layoffs in education.
Despite the increase, Butler said it was the best November-to-December job market report since 2007.
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Comments
kevin 4 months, 1 week ago
This had to happen, The holidays are over. I am sure the Federal rate has jumped also, that is, if they would stop lying about it and give us the real rate.
Why_not 4 months, 1 week ago
Are you jumping for joy yet Kevin? Maybe it will be back up to 9% next month and you can go out and celebrate. Of course if it happens to drop again it will only be because someone "cooked the books."
TOWG 4 months, 1 week ago
Why would anyone celebrate the fact that more of the folks don't have jobs? What a negative comment.
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