Category «Economy»

European Data Portal Version 2.0

“European Data Portal on the move. Welcome to version 2.0 of the European Data Portal! The European Data Portal is continuously developing new content and features. Version 2.0 went live on 1 March, with a more user-friendly design, new content and new features. Thank you for all the feedback, suggestions and improvements we have received …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book – March 01, 2017

“National Summary – This report was prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on information collected on or before February 17, 2017. This document summarizes comments received from contacts outside the Federal Reserve System and is not a commentary on the views of Federal Reserve officials. Overall Economic Activity – Reports from …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Housing

Lodging, Office and Commercial Construction Grew in 2016

“Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released monthly construction spending for January 2017 as well as revised estimates for 2016. Total construction spending in 2016 was estimated at $1,164 billion. This represents a 4.7 percent increase from 2015. Sectors that showed the largest percentage increases were: Lodging (25.4 percent). Office (25.1 percent). Commercial (11.3 percent). Private …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Housing

CBO – Spending on Infrastructure and Investment

Spending on Infrastructure and Investment Posted by Chad Shirley on March 1, 2017 – “The federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars every year on infrastructure and other investments, either directly or through grants to state and local governments. During testimony that CBO’s Director gave at the beginning of February on the outlook for …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

New on LLRX – Can current antitrust law deal with Amazon?

Via LLRX.com – Can current antitrust law deal with Amazon? Chris Meadows calls our attention to a Yale Law Journal by Lina M. Khan published in January 2017 titled Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox. The author presents an argument in favor of modifying antitrust law in light of the realm of competition created by a burgeoning, powerful …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Legal Research, Libraries

Presidential Executive Order on Restoring Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing “Waters of the United States” Rule

Presidential Executive Order on Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the “Waters of the United States” Rule “….Section 1. Policy. It is in the national interest to ensure that the Nation’s navigable waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same time promoting economic growth, minimizing regulatory uncertainty, and …

Subjects: Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Issues and Current Proposals

CRS report via FAS – A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Issues and Current Proposals, updated February 21, 2017 – Matthew C. Weed, Specialist in Foreign Policy Legislation, February 21, 2017. “This report focuses on the several proposals for a new authority for the use of military force [AUMF] …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Research the Federal Budget. Pick a presidential administration, or select Compare All to view all years

Via InsideGov:  U.S. Federal Budget Collection – includes estimates for Donald Trump Barack Obama Bill Clinton Calvin Coolidge Donald Trump Dwight Eisenhower Franklin D. Roosevelt George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Harry S. Truman Herbert Hoover Jimmy Carter John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan Theodore Roosevelt Warren G. Harding William H. …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

The Returns to Online Postsecondary Education

Hoxby, Caroline M., The Returns to Online Postsecondary Education (February 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23193. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2924283 “This study analyzes longitudinal data on nearly every person who engaged in postsecondary education that was wholly or substantially online between 1999 and 2014. It shows how much they and taxpayers paid for the education …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System

The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration

National Academies Press: “More than 40 million people living in the United States were born in other countries, and almost an equal number have at least one foreign-born parent. Together, the first generation (foreign-born) and second generation (children of the foreign-born) comprise almost one in four Americans. It comes as little surprise, then, that many …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Understanding the Economic Impact of the H-1B Program on the U.S.

Understanding the Economic Impact of the H-1B Program on the U.S. – John Bound, Gaurav Khanna, Nicolas Morales – NBER Working Paper No. 23153. Issued in February 2017. “Over the 1990s, the share of foreigners entering the US high-skill workforce grew rapidly. This migration potentially had a significant effect on US workers, consumers and firms. …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

2016 – Economic, Social and Cultural rights (ESCRs) and the internet

“The 47 country reports gathered here illustrate the link between the internet and economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). Some of the topics will be familiar to information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) activists: the right to health, education and culture; the socioeconomic empowerment of women using the internet; the inclusion of rural and indigenous …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Digital Rights, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries