Category «Economy»

New GAO Reports – Border Security, Broadband, DOD Operational Testing, Medicaid, Retirement Security, Telecom, Private Health Insurance

Border Security: Progress and Challenges in DHS’s Efforts to Address High-Risk Travelers and Maritime Cargo, GAO-15-668T: Published: Jun 2, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 2, 2015. Broadband: Intended Outcomes and Effectiveness of Efforts to Address Adoption Barriers Are Unclear, GAO-15-473: Published: Jun 2, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 2, 2015. DOD Operational Testing: Oversight Has Resulted in …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine

When Should Public Debt Be Reduced?

When Should Public Debt Be Reduced? Prepared by Jonathan D. Ostry, Atish R. Ghosh, and Raphael Espinoza, IMF, June 2015. “Financial bailouts, stimulus spending, and lower revenues during the Great Recession have resulted in some of the highest public debt ratios seen in advanced economies in the past 40 years. Recent debates have centered on …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Fair Weather or Foul? The Macroeconomic Effects of El Niño

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Paper No. 239. Fair Weather or Foul? The Macroeconomic Effects of El Niño. Paul Cashin, International Monetary Fund; Kamiar Mohaddes, Faculty of Economics and Girton College, University of Cambridge; Mehdi Raissi, International Monetary Fund. May 2015. “This paper employs a dynamic multi-country framework to …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System

AmLaw – Special Report: Big Law Is Failing Women

“Why aren’t there more women at the top of the nation’s biggest firms? Consider that at the current growth rate of women equity partners, gender parity will be reached in the year 2181. Our investigation includes firm-by-firm data plus a look at innovative firms that are addressing problems in novel ways.”

Subjects: Economy, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Marketing

An Overview of the Employment-Population Ratio

CRS – An Overview of the Employment-Population Ratio, Sarah A. Donovan, Analyst in Labor Policy. May 27, 2015. “The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defines the employment-population ratio as the ratio of total civilian employment to the civilian noninstitutional population. Simply put, it is the portion of the population that is employed. The ratio is …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

FAS – New Intelligence Budget Data Disclosed

Steven Aftergood – Secrecy News: “U.S. intelligence spending remains at the frontier of national security classification and declassification policy, as some new scraps of intelligence budget information are divulged, most other information is withheld, and a simmering demand for greater disclosure persists in Congress and elsewhere. Last month the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) released heavily …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Serious Psychological Distress Among Adults: United States, 2009–2013

CDC NCHS Data Brief, May 2015 – Serious Psychological Distress Among Adults: United States, 2009–2013 – “Data from the National Health Interview Survey, 2009–2013 In every age group, women were more likely to have serious psychological distress than men. Among all adults, as income increased, the percentage with serious psychological distress decreased. Adults aged 18–64 …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Health Care, Poverty

Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America

Urban Institute: “Why hasn’t wealth inequality improved over the past 50 years? And why, in particular, has the racial wealth gap not closed? These nine charts illustrate how income inequality, earnings gaps, homeownership rates, retirement savings, student loan debt, and lopsided asset-building subsidies have contributed to these growing wealth disparities.”

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

The 2014 IndustryWeek 1000

“The IndustryWeek 1000 is IW’s exclusive annual ranking of the world’s largest public manufacturers, based on revenue. Use this free database to view the entire 2014 IW 1000 (based on 2013 revenue) and to sort the list alphabetically, or by ranking, industry, and financial performance measures.”

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

BEA’s New Data Tool Provides Fast Access to Trade and Investment Stats for Countries

Commerce.gov – “A new data tool–International Trade and Investment Country Facts Application–on the Bureau of Economic Analysis website gives users a snapshot of statistics on trade and investment between the United States and another country by simply clicking on a world map. These fast facts at your fingertips can include: Total exports, imports and trade …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Search Engines

Bee Survey: Lower Winter Losses, Higher Summer Losses, Increased Total Annual Losses

USDA – “Losses of managed honey bee colonies were 23.1 percent for the 2014-2015 winter but summer losses exceeded winter numbers for the first time, making annual losses for the year 42.1 percent, according to preliminary results of the annual survey conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership (http://beeinformed.org), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and …

Subjects: Economy, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents

Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies

CRS – Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies. Francis X. McCarthy, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy; Jared T. Brown, Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy. May 19, 2015. “The principles of disaster management assume a leadership role by the local, tribal, and state governments with the federal government providing coordinated …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legislation

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