JOLTS Report Shows 10.9M Openings // COVID Cases Slowing // Nat. Gas Prices Soaring - 9/8 (Hour 1)

(0:54) - The guys open the show discussing the jolts report, which revealed that there were 10.9 million job openings in the country for the month of July. That is the highest number of job openings on record since the jolts report was started nearly 20 years ago.(13:40) - COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are slowly starting to decline. Have we hit the peak of the latest wave of infections? Could vaccine mandates implemented by companies help prevent yet another deadly wave?(22:21) - Wholesale prices for natural gas are at their highest in years; specifically, they're five times higher than they were at this time in 2019. This could spell trouble for European nations, who rely heavily on other countries for their energy sources.(36:22) - Digital currencies could reduce interest rates further, and banks will have to find ways to make savings accounts more attractive to consumers.