On paper, the economy is doing well by many standards — unemployment is low and inflation has gone down considerably.
The immediate rate of inflation has fallen close to 3%, and the diversity of industry in Georgia and metro-Atlanta keeps the state insulated from an economic downturn.
That’s according to Emory University Goizueta Business School economics professor Tom Smith.
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