Georgia unemployment claims skyrocket 69% - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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percent from May 2008. Atlanta’s first-time claims jumperd 71.8 percent to Most of the state initiak claims were filedby laid-offv workers in manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and administrative and support services. And, the number of joblessd workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits rose 110 percentfrom 74,981q in May 2008 to 157,544 in May 2009. “Thed over-the-year increases in initial claims have declined fromthe triple-digits we experiencecd earlier in the year,” State Labodr Commissioner Michael Thurmond said in a news “Initial claims were also down from Apripl to May in 11 of our state’x 14 metro areas.
I remain hopefulp that Georgia’s job losses will continu to decline in thecoming months.” The areazs with the highest percentage of increase in claimxs from May 2008 to May 2009 are up 136.2 percent; Brunswick, up 132.9 and Augusta, up 115.8 percent. The areas with the smallesft increase in claimsare Dalton, up 19.9 Warner Robins, up 33.8 percent; and up 34.3 percent.