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Via BusinessWire: “Fitch Ratings has downgraded JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (JPM) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-‘ and its Short-term IDR to ‘F1’ from ‘F1+’. Fitch has placed all parent and subsidiary long-term ratings on Rating Watch Negative. Fitch has also downgraded JPM’s viability rating (VR) to ‘a+’ from ‘aa-‘ and placed …
“This report presents results of the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in science at grade 8. National results are based on representative samples of public and private school students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools. State results are reported separately for public-school students from these states …
Questioning Homeownership as a Public Policy Goal by Morris A. Davis “For decades U.S. housing policy has focused on promoting homeownership. In this study, I show that the set of policies designed to further homeownership has been ineffective and expensive and that homeownership as a public policy goal is not well supported. I document that …
“The Data Journalism Handbook (Beta) is an initiative of the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation. It is published by O’Reilly Media and freely available online under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.” Data Journalism Handbook Infographic
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the systems used at gas station pumps to capture harmful gasoline vapors while refueling cars can be phased out. Modern vehicles are equipped to capture those emissions. This final rule is part of the Obama Administrations initiative to ensure that regulations protect public health …
Situated Justice: A Contextual Analysis of Fairness and Inequality in Employment Discrimination Litigation – Ellen Berrey, Steve G. Hoffman Laura Beth Nielsen. Law & Society Review, Volume 46, Issue 1, Article first published online: April 12, 2012 “A substantial body of sociolegal scholarship suggests that the legitimacy of the law crucially depends on the public’s …
Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011 Statistical Tables (NCJ 237961) by BJS statistician Todd D. Minton. “The U.S. jail inmate population declined for a third consecutive year, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. From June 2010 to June 2011, the jail inmate population declined 1.8 percent, dropping to 735,601 from 748,728. …
BLS, May 2012: “Since 2001, the airline industry has been affected by a number of external shocks, including terrorist attacks, volatile fuel prices, periods of challenging economic times, and an uncertain regulatory environment. In large part because of these factors, the industry has endured years of economic losses$50 billion between 2001 and 2011resulting in many …
“Two new reports commissioned by the Foundation examine key issues around Medicare prescription drug spending and the role of competition in achieving savings. The first report, authored by Jack Hoadley of Georgetown University, examines factors that contributed to Medicare’s lower-than-expected spending on prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D drug benefit begin in 2006. The …
Hospitalization for Stroke in U.S. Hospitals, 19892009. Margaret Jean Hall, Ph.D.; Shaleah Levant, M.P.H.; and Carol J. DeFrances, Ph.D. “An estimated 7 million Americans have had a stroke (cerebrovascular disease). In 2008, direct medical costs of stroke were about $18.8 billion, with almost half of this amount being for hospitalization. Stroke was the fourth leading …
