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Full Report – Beige Book, November 30, 2011 and Links to the Districts: “Overall economic activity increased at a slow to moderate pace since the previous report across all Federal Reserve Districts except St. Louis, which reported a decline in economic activity. District reports indicated that consumer spending rose modestly during the reporting period. Motor …
News release: “Central banks differ in their approaches to implementing monetary policy, both in good economic times and in bad, according to a study released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The study, entitled “Monetary Policy Implementation: Common Goals but Different Practices,” is the latest article in the New York Fed series …
Compact of Free Association: Proposed U.S. Assistance to Palau for Fiscal Years 2011- 2024, GAO-12-249T, Nov 30, 2011 Earned Import Allowance Program for Haiti, GAO-12-204R, Nov 30, 2011 Medicare Advantage: Enrollment Increased from 2010 to 2011 while Premiums Decreased and Benefit Packages Were Stable, GAO-12-93, Oct 31, 2011 Mental Health and Substance Use: Employers’ Insurance …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011. The FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry provides consumers with an easy way to stop unwanted telemarketing calls…According to the Data Book, at the end of FY 2011 (September 30, 2011), the Do Not Call …
News release: “Our analysis of The Consumer Benefits of Expanding Shared Use of the Public Airwaves, which we are releasing today demonstrates that spectrum made available for shared use without a license (unlicensed spectrum), has played a central and critical role in growth of wireless broadband data service. In fact, the shared use model has …
News release: “The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing coordinated actions to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. The purpose of these actions is to ease strains in financial …
“Expedias Vacation Deprivation study is an annual analysis of vacation habits across multiple countries and continents. The 2011 study spans North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. It reveals who gets and takes the most vacation time, as well as attitudes toward vacation. Common themes impacting how and where respondents vacation include …
News release: “Pending home sales rose strongly in October and remain above year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, surged 10.4 percent to 93.3 in October from 84.5 in September and is 9.2 percent above October 2010 when it stood at …
News release: “Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 2.3 percent annual rate during the third quarter of 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, with output and hours worked rising 3.2 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively. (All quarterly percent changes in this release are seasonally adjusted annual rates.) From the third …
Graphic: “Since 2007, the proportion of fourth graders eligible for free or reduced-price lunches through the federal governments school meals program has increased nationwide to 52 percent, from 46 percent…In 2011, 23 states had more than half their fourth graders eligible for subsidized lunches.” Related article: Line Grows Long for Free Meals at U.S. Schools …
The UK Cyber Security Strategy – Protecting and promoting the UK in a digital world, November 2011 “Our vision is for the UK in 2015 to derive huge economic and social value from a vibrant, resilient and secure cyberspace, where our actions, guided by our core values of liberty, fairness, transparency and the rule of …
Official Google Blog: “Six months ago we started rolling out a new look and feel for Search, News, Maps, Translate, Gmail and a bunch of other products. Our goal was to create a beautifully simple and intuitive user experience across Google. Were now ready for the next stage of our redesigna new Google bar that …
