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Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit, James K. Jackson. Specialist in International Trade and Finance, November 16, 2012 “The U.S. merchandise trade deficit is a part of the overall U.S. balance of payments, a summary statement of all economic transactions between the residents of the United States and the rest of the world, during a given …
Basic Federal Budgeting Terminology, November 26, 2012 Overview of the Authorization-Appropriations Process, November 26, 2012 Baselines and Scorekeeping in the Federal Budget Process, November 26, 2012 Budget Reconciliation Legislation: Development and Consideration, November 26, 2012 Entitlements and Appropriated Entitlements in the Federal Budget Process, November 26, 2012 Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: …
Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations, Christopher M. Blanchard, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs. November 27, 2012 “The kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ruled by the Al Saud family since its founding in 1932, wields significant global political and economic influence as the birthplace of the Islamic faith and by virtue of its large oil reserves. …
Offsetting Effects of Prescription Drug Use on Medicares Spending for Medical Services, November 29, 2012: “Previously, when estimating the budgetary effects of legislation regarding prescription drugs, CBO found insufficient evidence of an offsetting effect of prescription drug use on spending for medical services. Recently, CBO reviewed dozens of newer studies and determined a body of …
Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, November 2012: “The Congress has traditionally placed a limit on the total amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Lawmakers have enacted numerous increases to the debt limitcommonly known as the debt ceilingsome of which have been …
Guantanamo Bay Detainees – Facilities and Factors for Consideration If Detainees Were Brought to the United States, GAO-13-31, Nov 14, 2012 Air Passenger Screening – Transportation Security, Administration Needs to Improve Complaint Processes, GAO-13-186T, Nov 29, 2012 Medicaid – Data Sets Provide Inconsistent Picture of Expenditures, GAO-13-47, Oct 29, 2012 U.S. Coins – Benefits and …
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: “These charts and maps are designed to inform policymakers and the public at large about the current status and possible future course of the distressed real estate situation. At the national level, the percent of 1-to-4 family mortgage loans in serious delinquency (90+ days) has declined to about 3 …
Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act(HIPAA) Privacy Rule “This page provides guidance about methods and approaches to achieve de-identification in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. The guidance explains and answers questions regarding the …
“What determines life satisfaction and happiness? How do we value our social situation and immediate surroundings? How has this changed with the economic crisis? For the third wave of the European Quality of Life survey, 35,500 Europeans in all EU Member States were interviewed, in an effort to gain insights to these questions. This overview …
“The global economy is expected to make a hesitant and uneven recovery over the coming two years. Decisive policy action is needed to ensure that stalemate over fiscal policy in the United States and continuing euroarea instability do not plunge the world back into recession, according to the OECDs latest Economic Outlook. The world economy …
