CBS News
With unemployment in the U.S. at its lowest level in 16 years, experts are prone to talk about the economy as if it has fully recovered from the housing crash. But other measures of how Americans are doing reveal a darker picture.

KRQE News 13
A proposal to help curb crime by lining up new local laws for Albuquerque pawn shops is not sitting well with at least one local pawn shop owner.

Forbes
Hurricane Harvey made landfall over the weekend. The category 4 hurricane crashed into the Texas coast, devastating families and businesses. At least two people have been reported dead, and estimates place the total cost of property damage and lost business in the billions.

Bloomberg
After weeks of relative slumber, gold traders were rudely awoken to a surge in volume and volatility. In a span of one minute, 21,256 gold futures contracts, equal to more than 2 million ounces, traded just before Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen addressed a gathering of policy makers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The New York Times
Condition is everything, he said. Does it come with a box? Does it have the dust bag? Does it have the clochette and the key?

ABCNews
Two men smashed a display case and stole items from a pawn shop in Rolando, San Diego Police said.

Bitcoin News
More than CME Group’s trading platform or Orocrypt’s investment platform, GoldMint hopes automation based on decentralized technology will open up gold profitability to the masses.