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Gallup's Financial Worry metric, which tracks the percentage of Americans who are worried about multiple money issues, is steady compared with 2014. This year's reading of 50% is down from the recession years, but not as low as before then.

Gallup's U.S. Payroll to Population employment rate was 45.1% in July, maintaining gains from the first half of 2014. However, workforce participation continues to be relatively weak.

Baby Boomers and Gen X employees are distinctly less engaged than others -- and they make up 88% of the U.S. workforce. Here's what to do about this problem.

Americans' favorable ratings of House Speaker Paul Ryan, who announced his retirement Wednesday, declined steeply in 2017.

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One in seven baby boomers (14%) say they are currently being treated for depression, which is a higher rate than among other generations of American adults. Generation Xers follow, at 11%.

Before the recent stock market downturn, U.S. investors' optimism had soared. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index increased to 43 in May, up from -8 last November.

Fewer non-retired Americans currently expect 401(k)/IRA accounts (45%) or home equity (20%) to be a major source of their retirement funding than did so in 2007. Meanwhile, a new high of 34% expect Social Security to be a major source.

In the U.S., obesity and high blood pressure are more common among older age groups, particularly among blacks. More than one in three blacks middle aged and older are obese, and 70% aged 65 and older have hypertension.

Read about Americans' negative ratings of the IRS, their post-retirement work plans, countries' trust in their banks, and more in this week's review.