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News release: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today launched the DHS YouTube Channel and announced the redesign of DHS.gov steps to enhance the Departments web presence, increase transparency and provide accurate, up-to-date information to the public. Social media plays an increasingly large role in our engagement with the public, especially in the event …
The Internet and the Recession by Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith, July 15, 2009: “More than two-thirds of Americans 69% have used the internet to help them with personal economic issues that have arisen in the recession and to gather information about the origins and solutions to national economic problems. That amounts to 88% …
Federal Reserve’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, July 21, 2009 “Amid a severe global economic downturn, the U.S. economy contracted further and labor market conditions worsened over the first half of 2009. In the early part of the year, economic activity deteriorated sharply, and strains in financial markets and pressures on financial institutions …
Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices 2009, Office of the Comptroller of Currency: “The 2009 survey includes examiner assessments of credit underwriting standards at the 59 largest national banks with assets of $3 billion or more. This population covers loans totaling $3.6 trillion as of December 2008, approximately 84 percent of total loans in the national …
Fact Sheet: “Continuing its push to establish new rules of the road and make the financial system more fair across the board, the Administration today delivered proposed legislation to Capitol Hill to increase transparency, tighten oversight, and reduce reliance on credit rating agencies. The legislation would also work to reduce conflicts of interest at credit …
News release: “The Congressional Oversight Panel today released its Special Report on Farm Loan Restructuring, fulfilling a mandate under the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 to analyze “the state of the commercial farm credit markets and the use of loan restructuring as an alternative to foreclosure by recipients of financial assistance under …
News release: “From December 2007 to December 2008, employment declined in 285 of the 334 largest U.S. counties, according to preliminary data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Elkhart County, Ind., located about 100 miles east of Chicago, posted the largest percentage decline, with a loss of …
July 20, 2009 – Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Survey Demonstrates That Banks Can Provide Meaningful Information On Their Use Of TARP Funds “Although most banks reported that they did not segregate or track TARP fund usage on a dollar-for-dollar basis, most banks were able to provide insights into their actual …
Drug Control: U.S. Counternarcotics Cooperation with Venezuela Has Declined, GAO-09-806, July 20, 2009 Improper Payments: Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to Eliminating Waste and Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, GAO-09-838R, July 20, 2009 Defense Critical Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve the Consistency, Reliability, and Usefulness of DOD’s Tier 1 Task Critical Asset List, GAO-09-740R, July …
News release: “About 131 million people reported voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, an increase of 5 million from 2004, according to a new table package released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The increase included about 2 million more black voters, 2 million more Hispanic voters and about 600,000 more Asian voters, while …
News release: “Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James B. Lockhart released FHFAs April 2009 Foreclosure Prevention Report detailing actions taken by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prevent unnecessary foreclosures and keep people in their homes. The report includes loan modification data under FHFAs Streamlined Modification Program, which was initiated in November 2008 but ended …
News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally higher in June. Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 5 states registered rate decreases, and 7 states had no rate change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported on July 17, 2009. Over the year, …
