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Unemployment dips for third month in a row
Posted: 01.20.2012 at 11:20 AM
Romney Smith

Romney Smith is a news anchor and reporter with FOX 31 News

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New unemployment numbers came out Thursday January 19, 2012 and for the third month in a row its good news for job seekers.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced that the adjusted unemployment rate for December 2011 as 9.7%.  That’s a one-tenth of a percentage drop from November 2011’s 9.8% unemployment rate.  In the month of December officials say the state saw growth in construction, manufacturing, information services, and transportation.

In December 2010 the jobless rate stood at 10.4%.

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