Category «Economy»

CRS – Transforming Government Acquisition Systems: Overview and Selected Issues

Transforming Government Acquisition Systems: Overview and Selected Issues – L. Elaine Halchin – Specialist in American National Government, June 20, 2013. “Increasingly, the federal government uses technology to facilitate and support the federal acquisition process. Primary beneficiaries of this shift to online systems (websites and databases) are the government’s acquisition workforce and prospective and incumbent …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Internet

BIS – Revised Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements – consultative document

Revised Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements – consultative document – June 2013: “An underlying feature of the financial crisis was the build-up of excessive on- and off-balance sheet leverage in the banking system. The Basel III reforms introduced a simple, transparent, non-risk based leverage ratio to act as a credible supplementary measure …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents

Post Recession, LGB Americans Are More Likely to be Poor than Heterosexual Americans

New Patterns of Poverty in the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community, By M.V. Lee Badgett, Laura E. Durso, Alyssa Schneebaum, June 2013: “As poverty rates for nearly all populations increased during the recession, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Americans remained more likely to be poor than heterosexual people. Gender, race, education and geography all influence poverty rates …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy

BEA – Gross Domestic Product and Corporate Profits Profiles

BEA news release: National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2013 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2013 (revised estimate), June 26, 2013 “Corporate prrofits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) decreased $28.0 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to an increase of $45.4 billion in the fourth …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents

Education at a Glance 2013 – OECD Indicators

Education at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators: “Governments are paying increasing attention to international comparisons as they search for effective policies that enhance individuals’ social and economic prospects, provide incentives for greater efficiency in schooling, and help to mobilise resources to meet rising demands. As part of its response, the OECD Directorate for Education and …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Documents

Revised Basel III leverage ratio framework and disclosure requirements – consultative document

“An underlying feature of the financial crisis was the build-up of excessive on- and off-balance sheet leverage in the banking system. The Basel III reforms introduced a simple, transparent, non-risk based leverage ratio to act as a credible supplementary measure to the risk-based capital requirements. The leverage ratio is intended to: restrict the build-up of leverage in …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents

Home Prices Set Record Monthly Rise in April 2013 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

News release: “Data through April 2013, released today by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed average home prices increased 11.6% and 12.1% for the 10-and 20-City Composites in the 12 months ending in April 2013. From March to April, the 10-and 20-City Composites …

Subjects: Economy

Basel Committee concludes assessment of Basel III capital regulations in Switzerland

“The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published a report assessing the regulations that implement the Basel capital framework in Switzerland. The assessment team evaluated compliance of Switzerland’s domestic capital rules vis-à-vis international Basel capital standards through its Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP). The team held technical discussions with senior officials and staff of the Swiss …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents

New Report Shows that Basic Savings Accounts Remain Important Savings Vehicle for Americans

“In a new report released today, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) revealed that basic savings accounts remain an important savings vehicle for most Americans, especially for low- and moderate-income (LMI) families, but that these accounts vary widely in terms of pro- and anti-consumer characteristics. “Bank savings accounts remain the most useful way for most …

Subjects: Economy

Crisis Chronicles: 300 Years of Financial Crises (1620–1920)

Crisis Chronicles: 300 Years of Financial Crises (1620–1920), James Narron and David Skeie. As momentous as financial crises have been in the past century, we sometimes forget that major financial crises have occurred for centuries—and often. This new series chronicles mostly forgotten financial crises over the 300 years—from 1620 to 1920—just prior to the Great …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents

Are Corporate Share Repurchases Used to Support Overvalued Equity?

Liu, Harrison and Swanson, Edward P., Are Corporate Share Repurchases Used to Support Overvalued Equity? (June 22, 2013). Available at SSRN “The business press is replete with stories that companies use share repurchases “to pump or support the stock price” (Buffet 2000). If support for overvalued equity has become an important motive for stock repurchases, …

Subjects: Economy

UN World Population Prospects, the 2012 Revision

Our Overcrowded Planet: A Failure of Family Planning – “New UN projections forecast that world population will hit nearly 11 billion people by 2100, an unsettling prospect that reflects a collective failure to provide women around the world with safe, effective ways to avoid pregnancies they don’t intend or want.” by Robert Engelman See also …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Documents, Health Care

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