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Migration Policy Institute – Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, Sarah Hooker, and Jeanne Batalova. June 2015 “While the languages spoken by English Language Learner (ELL) students in the United States are very diverse, Spanish is the most common first or home language, spoken by 71 percent of ELL students. This fact sheet, drawing upon data from …
Testimony of Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project On Government Oversight, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee regarding “Watchdogs Needed: Top Government Investigator Positions Left Unfilled for Years” June 3, 2015. “At their best, Offices of Inspector General (OIG) are essential to a well-functioning federal government. IG offices recover billions of dollars in …
EFF – “We’re excited to announce that Canarywatch has added its 50th canary: First Look Media, the parent company for The Intercept—the news site created by journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Jeremy Scahill.EFF- “Warrant canary” is a colloquial term for a regularly published statement that an internet service provider (ISP) has not received legal …
M-RCBG Associate Working Paper No. 42 What’s Behind the Non-Bank Mortgage Boom? Marshall Lux and Robert Greene, June 2015. “Mortgages constitute a large, complex, and controversial market in the United States, shaped largely by federal policymaking. Since 2010, the role of non-banks – a term commonly used to define firms unassociated with a depository institution …
Drew Fitzgerald – WSJ.com – “Earlier this month, Brett Wentworth took Level 3 Communications Inc. into territory that most rivals have been reluctant to enter. The director of global security at the largest carrier of Internet traffic cut off data from reaching a group of servers in China that his company believed was involved in …
“Our recent analysis, Super Spending: U.S. Trends in High-Cost Medication Use, examines prescription drug use among patients with exceedingly high annual medication costs under the pharmacy benefit to help clients identify new opportunities to improve care, quality of life and health outcomes for the patients who rely on these costly, complex therapies. An estimated 576,000 …
Navigating a World of Digital Disruption by Philip Evans & Patrick Forth: “Digital disruption is not a new phenomenon. But the opportunities and risks it presents shift over time. Competitive advantage flows to the businesses that see and act on those shifts first. We are entering the third, and most consequential, wave of digital disruption. …
“Bank for International Settlements – June 2015: The report provides insight into the current supervisory framework around credit risk, the state of credit risk management at firms and implications for the supervisory and regulatory treatments of credit risk. It is based on a survey that the Joint Forum conducted with supervisors and firms in the …
The International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) is an initiative of the central banking community. Published quarterly, the journal features articles on central bank theory and practice, with a special emphasis on research relating to monetary and financial stability. June 2015 issue Opening Remarks by Charles I. Plosser Capital Regulation in a Macroeconomic Model with Three …
Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas based on information collected on or before May 22, 2015. “This document summarizes comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the views of Federal Reserve officials. …
