Research firm says banking industry to lose 200,000 jobs - Apr. 1, 2008

Research firm says banking industry to lose 200,000 jobs - Apr. 1, 2008: "Analysts at the financial research firm Celent LLC said in a report Tuesday that they expect the U.S. commercial banking industry - essentially, all companies that lend or collect deposits - to lose 200,000 of its two million jobs over the next 12 to 18 months.

An annual loss of 200,000 jobs at the nation's commercial banks would be an unprecedented number."