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Barack Obamas economic record – End-of-term report. “The presidents record is better than the woes of Americas economy suggests. Sep 1st 2012 | WASHINGTON, DC | from the print edition “Not since 1933 had an American president taken the oath of office in an economic climate as grim as it was when Barack Obama put …
News release: “Scientists have found that calorie restriction a diet comprised of approximately 30 percent fewer calories but with the same nutrients of a standard diet does not extend years of life or reduce age-related deaths in a 23-year study of rhesus monkeys. However, calorie restriction did extend certain aspects of health. The …
Were They Prepared for Retirement? Financial Status at Advanced Ages in the HRS and AHEAD Cohorts. James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. NBER Working Paper No. 17824, Issued in February 2012 “Many analysts have considered whether households approaching retirement age have accumulated enough assets to be well prepared for retirement. In this …
International Indexes of Consumer Prices, 18 countries and areas, 19982012 “Harmonized indexes of consumer prices (HICP) are an internationally comparable measure of consumer price inflation, which covers all households in each country and excludes owner-occupied housing costs. HICP measures conform, insofar as possible, to the conceptual basis of the European Union’s Harmonized Index of Consumer …
Consumer Price Index data quality: how accurate is the U.S. CPI?, by Stephen B. Reed and Darren A. Rippy, Consumer Price Index program “The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an estimate of the average change in prices over time paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services in the United …
“The Census of Governments identifies the scope and nature of the nation’s state and local government sector; provides authoritative benchmark figures of public finance and public employment; classifies local government organizations, powers, and activities; and measures federal, state, and local fiscal relationships. The data are available by: level of government (state, local, or state and …
