Cars are piling up at junkyards across the U.S., as the commodities bust that has already bruised mining and metals companies from Ohio to Australia ripples through another sector: scrap.

Central bankers over the past two decades pursued 2% inflation as a Goldilocks standard-neither too hot nor too cold. After years of undershooting in advanced economies, some economists now say that target should be adjusted.

Americans may have given birth to the internet, but they aren’t very good at using technology to solve problems. A new report finds US workers rank dead last among 18 industrial countries when it comes to problem solving in technology rich environments or using digital technology to perform practical tasks.

Much more is highlighted in A Look Around the Nation and the World.