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Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary, July 2013: “Unemployment rates were lower in July than a year earlier in 320 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 38 areas, and unchanged in 14 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-one areas had jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, and 34 areas …
“The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2013 is a pocket-sized book providing data for more than 40 key indicators on business environment and private sector development in a single page for each of the World Bank member countries and other economies with populations of more than 30,000.” Include the following areas: Economic and …
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper by Vladimir Hlasny and Paolo Verme: “By all accounts, income inequality in Egypt is low and had been declining during the decade that preceded the 2011 revolution. As the Egyptian revolution was partly motivated by claims of social injustice and inequalities, this seems at odds with a low level …
“The FSB published on 27 August the report on the peer review of the United States. This forms part of a regular programme of peer reviews of FSB jurisdictions that began in 2010. The report examines the progress made in the US on three topics that are important for financial stability and relevant for the broader …
“A new U.S. Census Bureau report released today shows that the number of households with children under 18 who had at least one unemployed parent rose by 33 percent, from 2.4 million to 3.2 million, between 2005 and 2011. In some states, the rise was much sharper. The statistics come from America’s Families and Living …
Annual Survey of Public Pensions: State- and Locally-Administered Defined Benefit Data Summary Report: 2011 “This report provides statistics on revenues, expenditures, financial assets and membership information for public employee retirement systems. Statistics are shown for retirement systems at the national, state and local government level. This publication presents data on public pension systems based on …
Commuter-Adjusted Population Estimates: American Community Survey 2006-2010: “Knowing how a community’s population changes during the day is crucial to emergency preparedness officials and other local planners. This report and series of tables show the population totals for places, minor civil divisions, counties and states, accounting for the flow of commuters on a typical workday. In …
CRS – The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current, and Projected Employment, Wages, and Unemployment. John F. Sargent Jr., Specialist in Science and Technology Policy. May 6, 2013 “The adequacy of the U.S. science and engineering workforce has been an ongoing concern of Congress for more than 60 years. Scientists and engineers are widely …
Financing Natural Catastrophe Exposure: Issues and Options for Improving Risk Transfer Markets, Rawle O. King, Specialist in Financial Economics and Risk Assessment. August 15, 2013 “The federal government has an established institutional framework for disaster preparedness, reduction, prevention, and response—mainly disaster assistance. However, concerns have been expressed about the nation’s increasing exposure and vulnerability to …
CRS – Changing the Federal Reserve’s Mandate: An Economic Analysis. Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy. August 12, 2013 “The Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) current statutory mandate calls for it to “promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.” Some economists have argued that this mandate should be replaced with …
Home Broadband 2013 by Kathryn Zickuhr, Aaron Smith. August 26, 2013 “Some 70% of American adults ages 18 and older have a high-speed broadband connection at home as of May 2013, according to a nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. The survey also found that 3% of American …
Katrina Stierholz – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: “In the last few months, many new data series have been added to FRED. The OECD’s Main Economic Indicators are now on FRED, the latest Penn World Tables, more retail trade data. FRED now has 148,000 series from 59 sources and allows users to easily download …
