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Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 5.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.4 percent in February, Georgia Department of Labor announced early Thursday.
The rate was 6.2 percent in March 2015.
“Even though the rate went up slightly, March was really a good month for Georgia’s labor market,” State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said in a prepared statement. “Our employers created 12,600 jobs, which is much stronger than the average for the same period…