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News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced an interim final rule to ensure that real estate appraisers are free to use their independent professional judgment in assigning home values without influence or pressure from those with interests in the transactions. The rule also seeks to ensure that appraisers receive customary and reasonable payments …
News release: “This is National Protect Your Identity Week, and the Federal Trade Commission, the nations consumer protection agency, has information to help consumers, businesses, and law enforcement officials safeguard personal information and take action if an identity thief strikes. www.ftc.gov/idtheft is a one-stop national resource to learn about the crime of identity theft. Consumers …
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, G.17, released October 18, 2010: “Industrial production decreased 0.2 percent in September after having increased 0.2 percent in August. The indexes both for manufacturing and for manufacturing excluding motor vehicles and parts also moved down 0.2 percent in September. Production at mines moved up 0.7 percent, while the output of …
Criminal Victimization, 2009 – Michael Rand, Jennifer Truman, October 13, 2010 – NCJ 231327 “Presents the annual estimates of rates and levels of violent crime (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), property crime (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft), and personal theft (pocket picking and purse snatching). This report describes …
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U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services: Special Inquiry Review of Allegations Regarding Hiring and Contracting in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Opportunities for Community Development Finance in the Disability Market, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, September 2010. “At the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there is much to celebrate regarding the economic gains of individuals with disabilities. The protections against discrimination based on disability created by the passage of the ADA in …
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that former Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo will pay a record $22.5 million penalty to settle SEC charges that he and two other former Countrywide executives misled investors as the subprime mortgage crisis emerged. The settlement also permanently bars Mozilo from ever again serving as an …
Consumer Price Index, October 15, 2010: ” The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.1 percent before seasonal adjustment. Increases in food indexes and another …
Real Earnings – September 2010: “Real average hourly earnings for all employees fell 0.1 percent from August to September, seasonally adjusted. This decrease stems from a 0.1 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), while average hourly earnings remained unchanged. Real average weekly earnings fell 0.1 percent over the month.”
Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Spending on mortgage interest payments and charges, a subcomponent of housing expenditures (the largest component of consumers budgets in 2009), fell from $3,890 in 2007 to $3,594 in 2009evidence of the higher than normal default rate on mortgages, falling house prices, lower rates of homeownership, and declining mortgage interest rates over …
“The Congressional Oversight Panel’s October oversight report, Examining Treasury’s Use of Financial Crisis Contracting Authority, found that Treasury’s extensive use of private contractors in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) programs creates significant concerns about transparency and potential conflicts of interest. Although Treasury has taken considerable steps to ensure the appropriate use of private contractors, further …
