More stable conditions return to financial markets Although the underlying conditions in the South African financial markets had already become more stable in early July, conditions started to improve noticeably only in late September and early October.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 97 percent of the country’s land mass is rural, and about 60 million Americans call a rural community their home.1 To put that number in perspective, the rural population of the United States is larger than the combined populations of the New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago metro areas.