America's unemployment rate has plummeted from 10% during the Great Recession to 4.1% today. Goldman Sachs thinks it's headed to the lowest level in half a century thanks to the accelerating economy.
Despite the proliferation of payment apps, cash is used widely across the world, even in the United States. It's growing in 40 out of 42 countries, a Fed study says.
Credit card companies, tech startups, and even some governments argue that digital payments are safer, cheaper, and more convenient. But the cash industry disagrees. And now, it's fighting back.
If you ask most Americans, finding work isn't that difficult these days. But getting paid enough to get by remains a problem, according to a recent survey by Pew Research.
Doctors at the hospital for a small Kentucky coal mining town have discovered a major health crisis, with a staggering percentage of the population testing positive for Hepatitis C. But curbing this epidemic will mean doing much more than getting patients access to the pricey prescriptions they need for a cure.
Retraining former coal miners and attracting new employers are essential to revitalizing the economy of Hazard, Kentucky, which has been hit by the job losses and the opioid crisis.
