Category «Economy»

Human-Induced Earthquakes from Deep-Well Injection: A Brief Overview

CRS – Human-Induced Earthquakes from Deep-Well Injection: A Brief Overview. Peter Folger, Specialist in Energy and Natural Resources Policy; Mary Tiemann; Specialist in Environmental Policy. December 22, 2014. “The development of unconventional oil and natural gas resources using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has created new demand for wastewater disposal wells that inject waste fluids into deep geologic strata. An increasing concern …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

POGO – Foreign Influence Database

“POGO’s Foreign Influence Database is based on informational materials filed by lobbying and public relations firms working on behalf of foreign entities in the U.S. The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires advocates representing foreign interests to register with the Department of Justice and to file within 48 hours any informational materials disseminated to two …

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

The Politics of Financial Insecurity

“..new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data collected in the fall lead-up to the 2014 midterm elections finds that at least as striking is the degree to which those who are financially insecure opt out of the political system altogether, and how that opting out disproportionately affects Democratic support. Financial security is strongly correlated with …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

The Role of Regulatory Burden in New Charter Creation

Adams, Robert M. and Gramlich, Jacob, Where are All the New Banks? The Role of Regulatory Burden in New Charter Creation (December 29, 2014). FEDS Working Paper No. 2014-113. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2544677 “The number of new bank charters in the United States has declined dramatically in recent years. From 1990 to 2008, over …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

The Lost Generation of the Great Recession

Hur, Sewon, The Lost Generation of the Great Recession (December 30, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2546188 “This paper analyzes the effects of the Great Recession on different generations. While older generations have suffered the largest decline in wealth due to the collapse in asset prices, younger generations have suffered the largest decline in labor …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Monthly Budget Review for December 2014

“The federal government’s budget deficit was $175 billion for the first three months of fiscal year 2015, $3 billion more than the shortfall recorded in the same period last year, CBO estimates. Revenues and outlays were both higher (by 11 percent and 9 percent, respectively) than they were at the same point in fiscal year …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

United States Economic Forecast – Deloitte

United States Economic Forecast Volume 2 Issue 4 (December 2014) – “Consider these two facts: 1. GDP growth has been above 3.5 percent for four of the last five quarters. 2. Job growth has been over 200,000 for the past nine months. SURPRISED? Perceptions often run behind reality. As recently as this summer, three quarters of poll respondents …

Subjects: Economy, Energy, Financial System

CBO Report on HR 30 Save Workers Act of 2015

As introduced in the House of Representatives on January 6, 2015 – “H.R. 30 would change how penalties are imposed under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on employers that do not offer insurance (or offer insurance that does not meet certain criteria) and that have at least one full-time employee receiving a subsidy through a …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legislation, Medicine

Subsidizing Traffic Congestion: The Multibillion-Dollar Tax Subsidy That’s Making Your Commute Worse

“The commuter parking benefit results in $7.3 billion in forgone revenue annually while also increasing traffic congestion in our most congested cities, according to a new report, Subsidizing Traffic Congestion: The Multibillion-Dollar Tax Subsidy That’s Making Your Commute Worse, released by the civic organizations TransitCenter and Frontier Group. The report also found that the $1.3 …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Transportation

Contract as Automaton: The Computational Representation of Financial Agreements

Flood, Mark D. and Goodenough, Oliver R., Contract as Automaton: The Computational Representation of Financial Agreements (December 16, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2538224 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2538224 “We show that the fundamental legal structure of a well written financial contract follows a state-transition logic that can be formalized mathematically as a finite-state machine (a.k.a. finite-state automaton). The automaton …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, December 16-17, 2014

“The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) authorizes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to conduct a series of overnight reverse repurchase operations involving U.S. government securities for the purpose of further assessing the appropriate structure of such operations in supporting the implementation of monetary policy during normalization. The reverse repurchase operations authorized by this resolution shall be (i) conducted at an offering rate that …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Improved Search and QuickFacts Enhance Census Bureau’s Website

“As a direct result of customer feedback, the U.S. Census Bureau recently updated two key tools oncensus.gov with new features to make accessing statistics easier than ever before. With an improved search feature generating better results on census.gov, users can discover a wealth of information and visualizations just by typing key words, such as “median income,” …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Government Documents

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