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Possible Unintended Consequences of Basel III and Solvency II – Ahmed Al-Darwish, Michael Hafeman, Gregorio Impavido, Malcolm Kemp, and Padraic OMalley. August 2011, WP/11/187 “In todays financial system, complex financial institutions are connected through an opaque network of financial exposures. These connections contribute to financial deepening and greater savings allocation efficiency, but are also unstable …
Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment “The purpose of this Supplement to the 2005 Guidance [Supplement] is to reinforce the Guidance’s risk management framework and update the Agencies’ expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, or other controls in the increasingly hostile online environment. The Supplement reiterates and reinforces the expectations described in the …
IMF Global Financial Stability Report GFSR Market Update, June 17, 2011 “Since the publication of the April 2011 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), financial risks have risen for three reasons. First, while a multi-speed global recovery remains the base case, downside risks to this baseline have increased. Second, concern about debt sustainability and support for …
Economist Intelligence Unit – Worldwide Cost of Living 2011 Which city is the most expensive to live in? Which city is the cheapest? “Tokyo holds the dubious honour of once again being the worlds most expensive city. Until 2006, Tokyo had been at the top of the global cost-of-living ranking for 14 uninterrupted years before …
Measuring Broadband America – A Report on Consumer Wireline Broadband Performance in the U.S., FCCs Office of Engineering and Technology and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau “This Report presents results of the first nationwide performance study of residential wireline (or fixed, as opposed to mobile) broadband service in the United States using measurement technology deployed …
Google hotel finder launched as an “experiment”: Find the perfect hotel – choose location, dates, price, hotel class and user rating.
How Were Doing as the Economy Falters – Ted Gayer, Co-Director, Economic Studies and Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution and The Washington Post As the dust settles from the partisan fight over the debt ceiling, the recovery continues to falter, the labor market remains weak, the stock market …
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation – John D. Moteff, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, July 11, 2011: “This report discusses in more detail the evolution of a national critical infrastructure policy and the institutional structures established to implement it. The report highlights five issues of Congressional concern: identifying critical assets; assessing vulnerabilities and …
Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults – Prepared for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, July 2011 “Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a relatively common disorder in the United States that affects people of all ages, but is most prevalent among the middle-aged and elderly. …
Direct Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in Fiscal Year 2010, August 1, 2011 “This report responds to a November 2010 request to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) from U.S. Representatives Roscoe G. Bartlett, Marsha Blackburn, and Jason Chaffetz for an update to a 2008 report prepared by EIA that provided a snapshot …
