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Georgia's Jobless Rate Dips to 6.3 Percent in February
GA Labor Commissioner: "Our over-the-year job growth was the most we've had since the height of the Atlanta Summer Olympics in July 1996."
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The Georgia unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in February, thanks to a record job count, the state department of labor said Thursday.
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It was the lowest jobless rate since July 2008 (also 6.3 percent), and a full percentage point lower than in Feburary, 2014.
“We hit a historical high for jobs in Georgia this February, which helped push our unemployment rate down to 6.3 percent,” said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler in a news release. “Our over-the-year job growth was the most we’ve had since the height of the Atlanta Summer Olympics in July 1996.”
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Georgia had 4,245,800 seasonally–adjusted jobs in February, an increase of 25,400, or 0.6 percent, from 4,220,400 in January.
“Our employers added 157,400 jobs since last February,” said Butler. “That represents a strong 3.8 percent growth rate, which was more than one-and-half times the national rate.”
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