Cost to Make Penny and Nickel Rises for US Mint [1]. It now costs the U.S. Mint 9.22 cents to produce a nickel! Build your pile [2] now, before the coin composition changes! (If you dawdle, then you’ll have to sort coins. And once the base metal value exceeds 2x face value, nickels will be driven out of circulation by the general public.)
Illinois Lawmakers Pass 66 Percent Income Tax Increase [3]
Ben S. was the first of several readers to send this: Housing Market Slips Into Depression Territory [4]
Items from The Economatrix:
S&P, Moodys Both Warn On US Credit [5]
Long Shadows Cast Over US Economy [7]
FDIC Friday Follies: Regulators Shut Small Georgia Bank; Third This Year [8]
Stock Indexes Gain For Seventh Straight Week [9]