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News release: The Federal Reserve Board on Sunday approved, pending a statutory five-day antitrust waiting period, the applications of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies. To provide increased liquidity support to these firms as they transition to managing their funding within a bank holding company structure, the Federal Reserve Board authorized …
“Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement today as Congress and the White House work to craft legislation to address the crisis in our financial markets: Congress will respond to the financial markets crisis by taking action this week in a bipartisan manner that will protect the taxpayers interests. The Administrations $700 billion proposal does not …
News release: “The U.S. Treasury Department is continuing to develop the specific details surrounding the temporary guaranty program for money market funds that was announced on September 19, 2008. While these details are being finalized, Treasury is making the following clarifications…” Related postings on financial system
News release: “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today approved amendments to its emergency order of September 18 (Release No. 58591) requiring that certain institutional money managers report their new short sales of certain publicly traded securities. In addition to making technical amendments, the revised order also provides that the information disclosed by investment managers …
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2007 (PDF – 7 pages): “This report provides estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States as of January 2007 for periods of entry and leading countries of birth and states of residence. Nonimmigrant Admissions to the United States: 2007 …
Center for Strategic and International Studies: Global Water Futures – A Roadmap for Future U.S. Policy, by Erik R. Peterson and Rachel Posner “U.S. policies on the range of pressing international water-related issueshumanitarian relief, human health, economic development, environmental stewardship, and stability and securityare fragmented, underresourced, and insufficiently coordinated. In particular, both the U.S. governments …
Center for Strategic and International Studies – Closing Guantánamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blueprint: A Report of the CSIS Human Rights and Security Initiative and the Working Group on Guantánamo and Detention Policy, by Sarah E. Mendelson. “Sarah Mendelson and the CSIS Working Group on Guantánamo and Detention Policy have concluded that the costs of …
September 19, 2008 Memorandum For the Secretary of the Treasury Subject: Use of the Department of the Treasury’s Exchange Stabilization Fund to Support a Guaranty Facility for Certain Money Market Mutual Funds Pursuant to section 10(b) of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 5302(b), I approve the use of funds from …
September 18, 2008 – Royalty Relief for U.S. Deepwater Oil and Gas Leases September 18, 2008 – Reauthorization of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC): Opportunity to Reexamine the Congressionally Mandated Antitrust Exemption for Ocean Liner Carriers? September 16, 2008 – Japan’s Political Turmoil in 2008: Background and Implications for the United States September 16, 2008 …
2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating; Oppose Key Immigration Enforcement Measures, September 18, 2008 “Half (50%) of all Latinos say that the situation of Latinos in this country is worse now than it was a year ago, according to a new nationwide survey of 2,015 Hispanic adults conducted by …
News release: “The Treasury Department has submitted legislation to the Congress requesting authority to purchase troubled assets from financial institutions in order to promote market stability, and help protect American families and the US economy. This program is intended to fundamentally and comprehensively address the root cause of our financial system’s stresses by removing distressed …
New York Times: “The Bush administration on Saturday formally proposed a vast bailout of the United States financial system, requesting unfettered authority for the Treasury Department to buy up to $700 billion in mortgage-related assets from financial institutions based in the United States. The proposal, not quite three pages long, was stunning for its stark …
