Segments From This Episode

• The U.K. is looking into digital currency. What about the U.S.?

  We speak with Karen Petrou, co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics. She said that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “has very cautiously said that the Fed is open to it, but it will not rush into it.” Petrou explains that Powell is taking this approach because of how critical the U.S. dollar is to both the country and the world, and therefore “a central bank digital currency based on the dollar has got to be really, really sound.”

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• House approves cannabis banking bill

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  Most banks shy away from letting cannabis businesses open accounts, fearful they could run afoul of federal laws.

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• In Mexico City, a plastics ban prompts debate over women’s access to tampons

  by Rodrigo Cervantes

  

  Women’s rights advocates say the plastics ban leaves low-income women with few options.

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