BRIEF: Macon’s unemployment rate declines in March; Warner Robins’ rate unchanged
By Linda S. Morris, The Macon Telegraph | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
The rate was 8.5 percent in March a year ago, according to a Thursday news release from the
The number of jobs increased to 98,500 in March, up from 97,900 in February.
There were 793 new claims for unemployment insurance filed in March, a drop from 914 in February, the release stated. Most of the decline in claims came in manufacturing and construction. There were 854 claims in
The unemployment rate in
The number of jobs also was unchanged at 58,100 from February to March. However, over the year, the number of jobs decreased by 1,600 from 59,700 in
There were 356 new claims for unemployment insurance filed in March in
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