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“The Guardian today has launched a new website in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help focus the world’s attention on global development. The site will provide a new space for discussion and interaction on the biggest challenges affecting the lives of billions of people across the developing world, including poverty, hunger, …
Fiscal Policy Choices in Uncertain Times, September 16, 2010, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director “CBO expects that the economic recovery will proceed at a modest pace, leaving the unemployment rate above 8 percent until 2012. There are monetary and fiscal policy options that, if applied at a sufficient scale, would increase output and employment during the …
Consumer Price Index – August 2010: “On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.3 percent in August, the same increase as in July. The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged in August after rising 0.1 percent in July.” Related postings on financial system
News release: “Real average hourly earnings for all employees was unchanged from July to August, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from a 0.3 percent increase in average hourly earnings, which was offset by a 0.3 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Real average weekly earnings was about unchanged over …
House Rules Changes: Sunlights Proposals for the 112th Congress, September 16, 2010 “The rules of the House and Senate have extraordinary influence. The Constitution, in granting each chamber the ability to determine the rules of its proceedings, has allowed Congress to create the evolving set of processes, norms and standards by which it functions. The …
News release: “The use of illicit drugs among Americans increased between 2008 and 2009 according to a national survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) shows the overall rate of current illicit drug use in the United States rose from 8.0 …
News release: “Uranium supplies will not limit the expansion of nuclear power in the US or around the world for the foreseeable future, according to a major new interdisciplinary study produced under the auspices of the MIT Energy Initiative. The study challenges conventional assumptions about nuclear energy. It suggests that nuclear power using todays reactor …
News release, includes data: “The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States in 2009 was $49,777, not statistically different from the 2008 median. The nation’s official poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent in 2008 the second statistically significant annual increase in the …
News release: “A panel of retired senior U.S. military officers, former Members of Congress, National Guard generals and academics with expertise in responding to domestic disasters today delivered to the Congress and the secretary of defense a far-reaching report that details how defense officials can better support the nation’s response to a major disaster on …
Children of Immigrants: 2008 State Trends Update, Karina Fortuny, Urban Institute. “Growth in immigration during the 1990s and afterward resulted in a larger number of children in immigrant families. Between 1990 and 2008, the share of U.S. children with immigrant parents increased from 13 percent to 23 percent.2 In 2008, 16.5 million children age 0 …
