This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

This is CBSI on the world.

I'm John Batchelor to Jim McTague,

former Washington editor of Barron's Magazine,

now a novelist in Lancaster County,

and moving from Lancaster

County to Indiana. And along the way, we hear about our economy and how it's doing in practice,

not the way we want it to be, the way it is. Jim, I begin in Lancaster County. Unusually,

you've had rosy reports about the product list in the county, now adding

data centers to the high end, to low-end, excellent corn that they give away for weeks in

September. However, you tell me that there's been unusual shutdowns this week. What's happened?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John.

This month, October, you know, in the state of Pennsylvania, when you're going to lay

people off, you have to give a notice.

You have to give like 60 to 90 days notice.

Well, in October, for the first time in a whole year, Lancaster has had two restaurant chains and a manufacturer give notice in Effort of PA,

Morgan Truck Body, which has manufacturing locations all over the United States,

closed its effort of plant laying off 92 people, no reason given.

We have a local deli chain called Isaacs that is much loved in Lancaster County, some in New York

County.

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