NW GA Unemployment Jumps
CVN News
03-10-2010
The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) is reporting
that the number of unemployed workers in Northwest Georgia
increased by 2,754 in January. The preliminary unadjusted
unemployment rate rose to 11.6%, up seven-tenths of a
percent.
Nationally, the unemployment rate is 9.7% while it
is 10.4% statewide.
There is a good chance that the rate will fall, at least
temporarily, as the U.S. Census hires temporary workers.
Nationally, the Census Bureau will be hiring as many
as 1 million people.
While that will help temporarily, the jobs end almost
as quickly as they began which will result in high
job losses beginning in June and lasting into the fall.
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