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Why do we need both liquidity regulations and a lender of last resort? A perspective from Federal Reserve lending during the 2007-09 US financial crisis, by Mark Carlson, Burcu Duygan-Bump and William Nelson. February 2015. “During the 2007-09 financial crisis, there were severe reductions in the liquidity of financial markets, runs on the shadow banking …
“How much salary do you need to earn in order to afford the principal, interest, taxes and insurance payments on a median-priced home in your metro area? To find out, HSH.com took the National Association of Realtors’ fourth-quarter data for median-home prices and HSH.com’s fourth-quarter average interest rate for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages to determine how …
Cycling Independent Reform Commission Report, February 2015 “The Cycling Independent Reform Commission (“Commission” or “CIRC”) was established by the Union Cycliste Internationale (“UCI”)“ to conduct a wide ranging independent investigation into the causes of the pattern of doping that developed within cycling and allegations which implicate the UCI and other governing bodies and officials over …
Benidickson, Jamie, Climate Change: Canadian Legal and Policy Responses (February 24, 2015). Benidickson, Jamie Environmental Law, 4th (Irwin Law, 2013). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2569113 “The chapter surveys Canadian climate change legislation and policy initiatives by federal, provincial and municipal governments to demonstrate interventions at all levels in response to climate change concern and …
CRS – International Law and Agreements: Their Effect upon U.S. Law. Michael John Garcia, Legislative Attorney. February 18, 2015 “This report provides an introduction to the roles that international law and agreements play in the United States. International law is derived from two primary sources—international agreements and customary practice. Under the U.S. legal system, international …
CRS – Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: An Overview. Kirstin B. Blom,Analyst in Health Care Financing, Ada S. Cornell, Information Research Specialist. February 25, 2015 “The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program provides health insurance to federal employees, retirees, and their dependents. This report provides a general overview of FEHB. It describes the structure …
“The federal government ran a budget deficit of $386 billion for the first five months of fiscal year 2015, CBO estimates—$10 billion more than the shortfall recorded in the same span last year. CBO expects that, if lawmakers enact no further legislation affecting spending or revenues, the deficit in 2015 will end up at about …
“As it typically does after the President’s budget is released, CBO has updated the baseline budget projections it published earlier in the year. CBO now estimates that if the laws that currently govern federal taxes and spending generally remain in place, the federal budget deficit will total $486 billion in fiscal year 2015, about the …
2020 Census: Key Challenges Need to Be Addressed to Successfully Enable Internet Response, GAO-15-225: Published: Feb 5, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2015. Comparative Effectiveness: Initial Assessment of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, GAO-15-301: Published: Mar 9, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 9, 2015. Federal Workforce: Improved Supervision and Better Use of Probationary Periods Are Needed …
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT A : ECONOMIC AND SCIENTIFIC POLICY – Network Neutrality Revisited: Challenges and Responses in the EU and in the US, December 2014. This document was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Authored by J. Scott Marcus. “This analytical study provides background …
