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Benign neglect of the long-term interest rate, by Philip Turner, Working Papers No 403, February 2013 “Large-scale central bank purchases of government bonds have made the long-term interest rate key in the monetary policy debate. How central banks react to bond market movements has varied greatly from one episode to another. Driving the term premium …
The Macroeconomic Effects of Forward Guidance – Marco Del Negro, Marc Giannoni, and Christina Patterson: “In this post, we quantify the macroeconomic effects of central bank announcements about future federal funds rates, or forward guidance. We estimate that a commitment to lowering future rates below market expectations can have fairly strong effects on real economic …
News release: “A new NOAA study projects that heat-stress related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 with a warming climate. The impact will be felt the most by those who work outside or in hot environments, such as firefighters, bakery workers, farmers, construction workers, factory workers, and others who will be forced to …
Defense Contracting – Actions Needed to Explore Additional Opportunities to Gain Efficiencies in Acquiring Foreign Language Support, GAO-13-251R, Feb 25, 2013 Firms Reported to Have Engaged in Activities Related to Iran’s Energy and Communications Sectors While Having Had U.S. Government Contracts, GAO-13-344R, Feb 25, 2013 Iran – U.S. and International Sanctions Have Adversely Affected the …
“The Department of Homeland Security has released a previously internal memo regarding the establishment of a working group to “Safeguard Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in the Department’s Use and Support of Unmanned Aerial Systems” (drones). The memo states, “[t]he overarching goal of the working group is to determine what policies and procedures are …
Findlaw: “The Second Amendment and gun control remain controversial issues in the U.S. A federal district court judge tossed out Gray Petersons 2011 lawsuit filed against Denver and Colorados Department of Public Safety. Peterson had claimed that being denied a concealed-weapons permit because he was not a Colorado resident violated his Second Amendment right to …
BISG Policy Statement POL-1101. Best Practices for Identifying Digital Products. Revised Publication: February 25, 2013 “This BISG Policy Statement on recommendations for identifying digital products is applicable to content intended for distribution to the general public in North America but could be applied elsewhere as well. The objective of this policy statement is to clarify …
CRS – Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY2000-FY2013, Rebecca M. Nelson. Analyst in International Trade and Finance. February 1, 2013 “This report shows in tabular form how much the Administration requested and how much Congress appropriated for U.S. payments to the multilateral development banks (MDBs) since 2000. It also provides a brief description of the …
CFPB – “There are more than 38 million student loan borrowers with over $1.1 trillion in outstanding debt. The majority of the market consists of loans originated under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. The remainder of the market consists of private student loans. In July 2012, the Director of the Bureau and the …
White House fact sheets: State-by-state effects of the sequester on jobs and middle-class families.
