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Georgia unemployment rate again falls to new all-time low - The Atlanta Voice

Another month brought another all-time low for Georgia’s unemployment rate in December, as it dipped to 2.6%. For the third month in a row, that’s the lowest level since current records began in 1976, falling from 2.8% in November and less than half the 5.3% reported in December 2021. A record number of people reported […]

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