] ATLANTA - Instead of gaining jobs last year, metro
] Atlanta actually lost 16,800, according to the Georgia
] Department of Labor.
]
] Earlier figures indicated that there had been an increase
] of 67,900 jobs in the Atlanta area in 2003, which
] appeared to make the area a national leader in job
] creation.

Thank god... I had really started being depressed about my underemployment situation when I had seen those initial numbers showing Atlanta as the job growth leader in the US. Now we know that it was just all number shenanigans....

AP Wire | 03/11/2004 | Net loss shows jobs picture in metro Atlanta not as good as believed