Six Facts about the (Surprising) Drop in Atlanta’s Jobless Rate
Friday, June 24th, 2016
The metro Atlanta unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent in May, the lowest the rate has been since before the recession started in late 2007.
The rate had been 4.8 percent in April. It is down from 5.8 percent unemployment a year ago. And it is now lower – by 0.1 percentage points – than the national rate.
