...the Economic Forecasting Center at the university. "Significant job losses were reported in the government and retail-trade sectors with 755 and 1,534 job losses respectively."Other areas issuing pink slips were hospitality, construction...

...due to seasonal layoffs mostly in the service producing industries, manufacturing and government sectors. The retail trade sector showed an increase of 0.3 percent. Thousands of layoffs at the Savannah River Site over the years as well as...