Day archives: October 28th, 2012

BEA – Personal income and outlays September 2012

Full news release and tables: “Personal income increased $48.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $43.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $87.9 billion, or 0.8 percent. In August, personal income increased $17.8 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased …

Subjects: Government Documents

National Economic Trends October 2012

National Economic Trends October 2012 – “This publication contains charts and tables compiled by the Data Desk staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The data are related to the state of the U.S. economy: output, inflation, labor markets, interest rates, government budgets, international trade, and more.” Related postings on the financial system

Subjects: Government Documents

Unemployment Insurance: Payments, Overpayments and Unclaimed Benefits

Unemployment Insurance: Payments, Overpayments and Unclaimed Benefits, By David L. Fuller, B. Ravikumar and Yuzhe Zhang. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Overpayments in the U.S. unemployment insurance system have received increasing attention of late. For example, CNN.com cited a recent study by the Department of Labor in reporting that 11 percent of all unemployment …

Subjects: Government Documents

Google Maps and Updates – Hurricane Sandy: NYC

Hurricane Sandy: NYC – “Sandy is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge flooding to the mid-Atlantic coast, Monday evening and into Tuesday. Latest alerts, NYC Emergency Mgmt City of New York on Twitter NYC Emergency Mgmt on Facebook WNYC Transit Tracker National Hurricane Center advisories ready.gov: Preparing for a hurricane

Subjects: Internet

Monetary Trends October 2012

Monetary Trends October 2012. “This publication contains charts and tables compiled by the Data Desk staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The data are related to U.S. monetary and financial conditions, with an emphasis on various measures of the monetary policy stance.” Related postings on the financial system

Subjects: Government Documents

The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods: A Review of the Evidence

The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods: A Review of the Evidence. Cunrui Huang, Wenjun Ma, Susan Stack. Mayo Clinic Proceedings – August 2012 (Vol. 87, Issue 8, Pages 791-798, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.02.019) “The transmission of bacteria is more likely to occur from wet skin than from dry skin; therefore, the proper drying of hands after …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Fuel for Thought: The Economic Benefits of Oil Sands Investment for Canada’s Regions

Fuel for Thought: The Economic Benefits of Oil Sands Investment for Canada’s Regions aims to improve our understanding of how Canada’s regions will benefit from the tremendous economic opportunities that oil sands investment presents. It examines the supply chain linkages between Alberta and the rest of the country; the income effects associated with people spending …

Subjects: Government Documents

BEA – GDP Growth Picks up in Third Quarter

Report – “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2012 after increasing 1.3 percent in the second quarter, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Bureau emphasized that the third-quarter advance estimate released (October 26, 2012)is based on source data that are incomplete or …

Subjects: Government Documents