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“The outlook for 2016 is grim. Millions of civilians, uprooted from their homes by violent and prolonged conflict, will remain in desperate need of protection and humanitarian assistance. About 60 million people are displaced around the world, and more than a quarter of these displacements are due to the conflicts in Iraq, South Sudan and …
“RealtyTrac …released its Year-End 2015 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 1,083,572 U.S. properties in 2015, down 3 percent from 2014 and down 62 percent from the peak of 2,871,891 properties with foreclosure filings in 2010. The nearly 1.1 million properties …
News release: “The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [January 14, 2016] announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to resolve the ongoing investigation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group of the U.S. Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (RMBS Working Group). The agreement in principle will resolve actual and potential civil claims by the …
“A new World Bank report says that while the internet, mobile phones and other digital technologies are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher growth, more jobs, and better public services have fallen short of expectations, and 60 percent of the world’s population remains excluded from the ever-expanding digital economy. …
CBO – “In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) produces a five-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. The FYDP describes DoD’s plan for its normal, peacetime activities (corresponding to what is often labeled its base budget). DoD’s current plans are described …
Bureau of Labor Statistics – “In 2014, women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs had median usual weekly earnings of $719, which was 83 percent of men’s median weekly earnings ($871). Women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s varied by occupation. Women’s median usual weekly earnings in construction and extraction occupations ($691) …
Iran Sanctions, Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs. January 12, 2016: “The comprehensive nuclear accord (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), finalized on July 14, 2015, entails far broader sanctions relief. U.S., U.N., and multilateral sanctions on Iran’s energy, financial, shipping, automotive, and other sectors are to be suspended or lifted once Iran …
Drug Safety: FDA Expedites Many Applications, But Data for Postapproval Oversight Need Improvement, GAO-16-192: Published: Dec 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2016. Emerging Animal Diseases: Actions Needed to Better Position USDA to Address Future Risks, GAO-16-132: Published: Dec 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2016. Federally Leased Vehicles: Agencies Should Strengthen Assessment Processes to …
World Economic Foum – “Global risks don’t know borders – a message the Global Risks Report series has highlighted since its inception in 2005. However, the impact that global risks have on different stakeholders is still far from understood. The Global Risks Report 2016, therefore, dedicates a section of its 11th edition to the analysis …
“Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District – Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and based on information collected on or before January 4, 2016. This document summarizes comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the views of Federal …
Big Data in U.S. Agriculture, Megan Stubbs, Specialist in Agricultural Conservation and Natural Resources Policy. January 6, 2016 – “Recent media and industry reports have employed the term big data as a key to the future of increased food production and sustainable agriculture. A recent hearing on the private elements of big data in agriculture …
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – A New Survey of the U.S. Bilateral Repo Market: A Snapshot of Broker-Dealer Activity. Viktoria Baklanova, Cecilia Caglio, Marco Cipriani, and Adam Copeland. January 2016. Number 758. “We provide aggregate statistics on U.S. dealers’ bilateral repurchase agreements and economically equivalent securities lending activities. The data were collected from …
