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Food Insecurity Among Older Adults – A report submitted to AARP Foundation, August 2011 – James P. Ziliak, Ph.D., University of Kentucky; Craig Gundersen, Ph.D., University of Illinois “Reducing hunger risk among older Americans requires a concerted policy effort that is informed by rigorous research on the extent, causes, and consequences of food insecurity. In …
News release: “The final report of the congressionally chartered Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan says at least $31 billion has been lost to contract waste and fraud, and that major reforms are required. Commission reform objectives include improving federal planning for use of contracts, strengthening contract management and oversight, expanding competition, improving …
Bipartisan Policy Center Report Card Finds that Nine Unfinished 9/11 Commission Recommendations Leave U.S. Vulnerable: Nearly one week before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report card, which highlights nine of the 41 recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission in July 2004 that remain unfinished. The report …
International Journal of Central Banking – Volume 7, Number 3 September 2011 Anticipated Alternative Policy Rate Paths in Policy Simulations, by Stefan Laséen and Lars E.O. Svensson A Bivariate Model of Federal Reserve and ECB Main Policy Rates, by Chiara Scotti Interest Rate Smoothing and “Calvo-Type” Interest Rate Rules: A Comment on Levine, McAdam, and …
The New Metro Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks from Census 2010, William H. Frey, Senior, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, August 31, 2011: “An analysis of 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial census data for the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas indicates that – Non-whites and Hispanics accounted for 98 …
Defined Benefit Pension Plans Plans Face Challenges When Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity, GAO-11-901SP, August 31, 2011 Environmental Litigation – Cases against EPA and Associated Costs over Time, GAO-11-650, August 31, 2011
The Future of Photovoltaic Manufacturing in the United States “Technological innovation and growth are critical to U.S. competitiveness in a global economy. One means of facilitating growth and improving competitiveness is to foster more robust innovation ecosystems through the development of public-private partnerships, industry consortia, and other regional and national economic development initiatives. Public-private partnerships, …
On 19 July 2011, the Basel Committee released its consultative document Global systemically important banks: Assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement. Interested parties were invited to provide written comments by 26 August 2011. These comments, in PDF format, are available here.”
The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 OFT Response to HM Treasury’s Review, August 2011. “The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is a non-ministerial government department. It is the UK’s competition and consumer authority and its mission is to make markets work well for consumers. The majority of the OFT’s work consists of: analysing markets enforcing consumer …
News release: Data through June 2011, released [August 30, 2011] by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the U.S. National Home Price Index increased by 3.6% in the second quarter of 2011, after having fallen 4.1% in the first quarter of 2011. With the …
“The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved slightly in July, plummeted in August. The Index now stands at 44.5 (1985=100), down from 59.2 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 33.3 from 35.7. The Expectations Index decreased to 51.9 from 74.9 last month. The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®, based on a probability-design …
The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Tuesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on August 9, 2011 and of the conference call held on August 1, 2011. “Staff Review of the Economic Situation – The information reviewed at the August 9 meeting indicated that the pace …
