‘Great Iowa Treasure Hunt’ Reunites Rightful Owners with Lost Assets, Returns $33 Million Last Year

‘Great Iowa Treasure Hunt’ Reunites Rightful Owners with Lost Assets, Returns  Million Last Year

Fachrizal Maulana – via Unsplash If government is supposed to be a bureaucracy that operates on behalf of the citizens, one couldn’t hope to find a better example than a yearly tradition at the state treasury of Iowa known as the “Great Iowa Treasure Hunt.” That makes it sound like there’s a big state tax … Read more

German Households Pass €10 Trillion in Savings After Disciplined Decade of Highest Savings Rates

German Households Pass €10 Trillion in Savings After Disciplined Decade of Highest Savings Rates

DZ Bank branch in Munich – credit Fred Romero CC 2.0. Having maintained the highest household savings rate among European countries for 10 years, German citizens have together squirreled away $11 trillion in personal wealth. This gargantuan rainy day fund was the result of a 20-21% average savings rate maintained by the country between 2014 … Read more