Jeffrey Humphreys expects 51,000 new jobs to be created in Georgia by the end of the year - a 3.1 percent increase, which would be better than the national average.
In a speech to the Gainesville Kiwanis Club Tuesday, Humphreys said the odds of the economy falling back into a recession is only 25 percent, compared to odds of 35 percent a year ago.
He also said expects a 4.8 percent ecoomic growth rate in Georgia this year - compared to 4.3 nationwide.
Humphreys added manufacturing" in Georgia is in a depression, having lost 100,000 jobs since 1998, but he forecasts some stability by
year's end.
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