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Georgia Unemployment at 2.8 Percent for Second Month in a Row

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report Friday, September 16 with preliminary unemployment and jobs data from August. According to the report, the national unemployment rate is at 3.7 percent which is .2 percent higher than July. 

Georgia’s unemployment rate stayed steady in August at 2.8 percent and the state added over 15,000 nonfarm jobs.
The full Bureau of Labor Statistics report can be found here.

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