Essential Minerals, Retail & Crypto

If only the US government had taken the threat of dependence on China’s rare earth minerals more seriously when it had the chance, China wouldn’t hold the trump card now. Jackie recaps the recommendations of a congressional study two years ago. … Also: Dollar store executives describe the budget-conscious consumer they saw last quarter and what Trump’s tariffs mean for their bottom lines. … And in our Disruptive Technologies segment: Major US banks are exploring whether to jointly issue a stablecoin of their own in response to competition from cryptocurrency players.