ATLANTA -- Economic recovery is well entrenched in Georgia, but that doesn't mean it isn't being dragged down by external circumstances, according to Georgia State University's quarterly economic forecast released Wednesday.
The state will expand employment by 1.8 percent this year, further reducing its unemployment rate to 8.6 percent.
Personal income will grow by 2.5 percent in 2013, but it won't do much to boost disposable income after inflation and the resumption of the full, federal employment tax. Add to that the fact that one-third of Georgia homeowners no longer can tap home equit...
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Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service
Morris News Service