Day archives: July 4th, 2010

Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Up 14% Through First Half of 2010

News release: “U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings totaled 770,117 nationwide during the first six months of 2010 (Jan. 1-June 30), a 14 percent increase over the 675,351 total consumer filings during the same period a year ago, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), relying on data from the National Bankruptcy Research Center (NBKRC). The consumer …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation

BJS – Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2007

Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2007 – Statistical Tables: “Presents data on identity theft victimization reported by households from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). These statistical tables provide 2007 data on rates and types of identity theft, as well as demographic characteristics of victimized households and their monetary losses. Tables compare rates of identity …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft

Research on global financial stability: the use of BIS international financial statistics

News release: “One of the lessons of the global financial crisis which started in August 2007 is the crucial importance for policy makers and supervisors of having access to a wide range of reliable, timely and detailed financial statistics. The BIS has long been playing a pioneering role in collecting and providing, under the auspices …

Subjects: Government Documents