GEORGIA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS DROPPED DRASTICALLY FROM OUTSET OF PANDEMIC

The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the state’s unemployment rate decreased by 1.8 percentage points to reach 4.5 percent in October. Prior to the pandemic, the rate reached an all-time low of 3.1 percent. Georgia has seen an 8.1 percentage decline in its unemployment rate since April, when the rate reached an all-time high of 12.6 percent.

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