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With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors – “Across millions of acres, the pines of the northern and central Rockies are dying, just one among many types of forests that are showing signs of distress these days. From the mountainous Southwest deep into Texas, wildfires raced across parched landscapes this summer, burning …
Changing Landscape of Employment-based Retirement Benefits, by William J. Wiatrowski, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 29, 2011 As the types of retirement benefits provided by employers have changed, so too have plan features. Retirement income comes from many sources, but except for the independently wealthy and those with large inheritances, the various sources of retirement …
Monthly Labor Review Online, September 2011, Vol. 134, No. 9 Characteristics of displaced workers 20072009: a visual essay, James M. Borbely Survival and growth of Silicon Valley high-tech businesses born in 2000, Tian Luo and Amar Mann Multiple jobholding in States in 2010, Jim Campbell Related postings on financial system
Central banking post-crisis: What compass for uncharted waters? by Claudio Borio, Working Papers No 353, Bank for International Settlement, September 2011 “The global financial crisis has shaken the foundations of the deceptively comfortable pre-crisis central banking world. Central banks face a threefold challenge: economic, intellectual and institutional. This essay puts forward a compass to help …
Rediscovering the macroeconomic roots of financial stability policy: journey, challenges and a way forward, by Claudio Borio, Working Papers No 354, Bank for International Settlements, September 2011 “The recent financial crisis has triggered a major rethink of analytical approaches and policy towards financial stability. The crisis has encouraged a sharper focus on systemic risk, the …
2011 Payment Card Industry Compliance Report – A Study Conducted By The Verizon PCI And RISK Intelligence Teams “This report analyzes findings from actual Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) assessments conducted by Verizons team of Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs). The report describes where these organizations stand in terms of overall compliance with …
Central banking in Africa: prospects in a changing world, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Papers No 56, September 2011 “Governors and senior officials representing some two dozen central banks from Africa and other regions of the world met at the BIS in May 2011 to discuss the monetary policy and financial stability issues facing Africa …
