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Arkansas Colleges Shrinking, and ‘Cliff’ Still Looms
A recent college attendance dip in Arkansas doesn’t reflect the “enrollment cliff” that higher education leaders have harped about for years. It’s been more of a slow roll down to the edge. read more >
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Less Than 50% of Baby Boomers Use Digital Banking
Unsurprisingly perhaps, younger generations are more likely to use digital banking in the United States. read more >
Legal Recreational Cannabis Sales Rise
Sales in the United States of legal recreational cannabis reached an estimated $14.9 billion last year and are expected to hit $25 billion by 2025. read more >
Multifamily Leads Commercial Real Estate Investments
Multifamily properties dominate investments in commercial real estate in the United States read more >
US Net Wealth Distribution Rises
In the first quarter of 2021, the share of net wealth in the United States held by the top 10% rose slightly from the previous quarter to 69.8% read more >
Millennials Dominate Current US Generations, Data Shows
Millennials were the largest generation in the United States in 2020, at 72.26 million people, eclipsing the baby boomers’ 70.68 million. read more >
COVID-19 Makes Impact on Supply Chain
About 20% of logistics industry professionals worldwide reported that their supply chains were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. read more >
U.S. Infrastructure Showing Its Age
As of early last week, President Joe Biden’s eight-year, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal appeared to be holding, but polarization in Washington makes the deal fragile. read more >
Tourism Declines to 1990 Levels
International tourist arrivals fell 74% in 2020 compared with 2019, according to the World Tourism Organization. That’s equal to a decline of about 1.1 billion international arrivals, a level not seen since the late 1980s and early 1990s. read more >
Share of Nonperforming Loans Improves in 2019
In 2019, 0.89% of the loans that banks in the United States held were nonperforming, meaning that 99% of loan recipients were repaying their bank back. read more >
Most Americans Say They’d Wear a Mask
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise, the number of Americans willing to wear masks to control the spread of the disease has soared. read more >
Nonperforming Loans Far Better Than 2009-10
In 2019, only 0.89% of the loans that banks in the United States held were nonperforming, a big improvement compared with the 5.3% of nonperforming loans in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-08. read more >
U.S. Manufacturing Output Takes Biggest Hit in 100 Years
Shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic caused manufacturing output in the United States to drop by 13.7% in April, the steepest decline in the 101-year history of the industrial production index. read more >
Tech World Still a Man’s World
Although the percentage of women in the U.S. workforce now stands at 46.8%, it remains much lower than that in the technology sector. read more >
Marijuana Prices Range Widely in U.S.
The average price per ounce of high-quality marijuana in selected U.S. states, as of November 2018, varies widely, from $210.60 in Oregon to $600.70 in Washington, D.C. read more >
Arkansas in Top 5 for Reliance on Steel Imports
Arkansas is among the states that rely most heavily on imports of steel and aluminum, according to an analysis by the Brookings Institution, a public policy nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. read more >
Venture Capital Investment Hits $72 Billion in 2017
The value of venture capital investment in the United States has fluctuated over the years. read more >
US Ranked 12th in Public Debt Compared to GDP
Japan ranked first, with an estimated debt of around 240 percent of GDP. The United States ranked at No. 12, with a debt of 108 percent of GDP. read more >
Less Energy, Longer Life for LED Christmas Lights
Modern LED lights use up to 75 percent less energy than the incandescent kind, and they’re surprisingly durable, with an estimated life of up to 40 years, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. read more >
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