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Atlanta Georgie Real Estate News

Metro Atlanta unemployment declines slightly

Seven thousand more Atlantans are working than in September.

The Georgia Department of Labor said the unemployment rate in metro Atlanta decreased to 9.7 percent in October, down two-tenths of a percent from a revised 9.9 percent in September. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed workers in the area decreased to 254,874, down 7,397 from 262,271. The jobless rate in the metro Atlanta area in October 2009 was 10.3 percent.

Also in October, 26,746 laid-off workers in metro Atlanta filed initial claims for unemployment benefits, an increase of 88, or three-tenths of a percentage point, from 26,658 in September.

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.9 percent from September to October.


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