GEORGIA ADDED 3,400 JOBS IN JULY LOWERING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO 3.6%
After a shaky spring, the Georgia economy added 3,400 jobs in July, the third consecutive month of growth, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday. Photo courtesy of Bob Andres for the AJC BY MICHAEL E. KANELL FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION - The state’s unemployment rate edged down to 3.6% — the lowest level of joblessness since early in 2001. The rate was 3.8% in July 2018.Coming a day after a near-panicked sell-off on Wall Street, the report seemed to s