Metro Atlanta unemployment jumps to 10.3 percent
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate shot up to 10.3 percent in June, from 9.8 percent in May, the state labor department said Thursday. The number of unemployed workers in the metro area increased to 273,405 in June — up 12,568, the labor department reported. “A sharp increase in the number of discouraged workers, rising long-term unemployment, increased new layoffs and anemic job growth suggests that the fledgling economic recovery may be losing steam,” state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said in a statement.
