Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the 48th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois. May 10, 2012 Banks and Bank Lending: The State of Play: “The banking sector overall also has substantially improved its liquidity position over the past few years. Indeed, large banks in the aggregate have more than doubled their holdings… Continue Reading
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FDIC strategy for esolving systemically important financial institutions
Remarks by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, FDIC to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Bank Structure Conference; Chicago, IL – May 10, 2012 “Today I would like to take the opportunity to discuss one of those challenging issues the orderly resolution of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs). The Dodd-Frank Act provided important new… Continue Reading
The Economist: New data on the amount of plastic washing around the Pacific
The Plastic Ocean: “Much of the plastic swirling around the sea ends up in the North Pacific Gyre, where four great ocean currents meet to create a swirl of water moving clockwise that is twice the size of the United States. Its less polite name is the North Pacific Garbage Patch. A new study led… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Reports Foreign-Born Households are Larger, Include More Children and Grandparents
“The U.S. Census Bureau reported today that foreign-born households are, on average, larger than native households, have more children under age 18, and are more likely to be multigenerational. The average size of foreign-born households (3.4 people) was larger than that of native-born households (2.5 people). About 62 percent of foreign-born family households included children… Continue Reading
EIA – 2011 Domestic Uranium Production Report
2011 Domestic Uranium Production Report, May 2012 “U.S. uranium exploration drilling was 5,441 holes covering 3.3 million feet in 2011. Development drilling was 5,156 holes and 3.0 million feet. Combined, total uranium drilling was 10,597 holes covering 6.3 million feet, 47 percent more holes than in 2010. Expenditures for uranium drilling in the United States… Continue Reading
EIA – Vietnam Country Analysis Brief
Vietnam: “Over the course of two decades Vietnam emerged as an important oil and natural gas producer in Southeast Asia. Vietnam has boosted exploration activities, allowed for greater foreign company investment and cooperation in the oil and gas sectors, and introduced market reforms to support the energy industry. These measures have helped to increase oil… Continue Reading
Over the past decade, lighting became more efficient across all sectors
EIA: “The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released a study of the 2010 lighting market, finding that lighting across all sectors became more energy efficient since their study of the 2001 lighting market. The residential sector, which accounted for 25% of total lighting energy consumption in 2010, remained the least energy efficient of the sectors,… Continue Reading
TRAC: Fifteen New Domestic Terrorism Prosecutions Filed in February 2012
“The latest available data from the Justice Department show that in February 2012 the federal government filed charges against fifteen individuals in investigations involving domestic terrorism, an uptick from the previous month when only four such prosecutions were filed. The charges were filed in eleven cases, spanning eleven different federal judicial districts. To view recent… Continue Reading
EPIC Stresses Need For Privacy Evaluation in Drone Testing
“In comments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), EPIC emphasized the need for transparency and accountability in drone operations, and recommended the development of privacy protections before drones are more widely deployed in the US. The FAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking set out proposed criteria for drone testing. Congress has tasked the FAA with facilitating… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – HHS, DHS and TSA, Indian Issues, Indigent Defense, Medicare, Workplace Safety and Health
Department of Health and Human Services – Opportunities for Financial Savings and Program Improvements in Medicare and Medicaid Remain, Continue Reading
Google – First Amendment Protection for Search Engine Results
Google – First Amendment Protection for Search Engine Results, April 20, 2012. Eugene Volokh and Donald M. Falk [This White Paper was commissioned by Google, but the views within it should not necessarily be ascribed to Google.] “…search engines produce and deliver their speech through a different technology than that traditionally used for newspapers and… Continue Reading
CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the Framework of the National Income and Product Accounts
CBO: “The fiscal transactions of the federal government are recorded in two major sets of accounts. One is The Budget of the United States Government, prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, which is the framework generally used by executive branch agencies and the Congress and as commonly discussed in the press. The other… Continue Reading
