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NY Fed – “The December 2015 Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) results indicate that median expected growth in household income, earnings and especially household spending all declined. Labor market expectations are mixed compared to last month: Perceived layoff risk declined, but the perceived likelihood of finding a new job (if one were to lose their …
‘A new Web application, Census Business Builder: Regional Analyst Edition now available in beta, allows users to easily explore data from Census Bureau economic programs and the American Community Survey for a user-defined economic region built from one or more counties. This second edition of Census Business Builder follows the successful launch of Census Business …
Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Have Improved, but Some Collaboration Challenges Remain, GAO-16-223: Published: Jan 11, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 11, 2016. Health Care Workforce: Comprehensive Planning by HHS Needed to Meet National Needs, GAO-16-17: Published: Dec 11, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 11, 2016. Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Additional Actions …
Via LLRX.com – Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Sabrina I. Pacifici’s comprehensive current awareness guide focuses on leveraging a selected but wide range of reliable, topical, predominantly free websites and resources. The goal is to support an effective research process to search, discover, access, monitor, analyze and review current and historical data, …
Fin (Legal) Tech – Law’s Future from Finance’s Past – Professors Daniel Martin Katz & Michael J. Bommarito II – “In today’s analogy du jour – we explore a variety of innovations in the financial technology space (i.e. fintech) and how they map to the current and future legal technology space.”
New Feature: Browse by Subject – “In addition to the existing title, theme, and author options, FRASER records can now be browsed by over 1000 subjects, such as monetary policy, business cycles, and gold.”
CBO – “The federal budget deficit was $212 billion for the first three months of fiscal year 2016, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. That deficit was $36 billion larger than the one recorded during the same period last year. Receipts and outlays were both higher than last year’s amounts, by 4 percent and 7 percent, …
Drug Compounding for Animals: FDA Could Improve Oversight with Better Information and Guidance [Reissued on January 8, 2016, GAO-15-671: Published: Sep 28, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2015: ” Drugs compounded for animals offer certain medical benefits but also pose risks of causing harm or being ineffective. Specifically, drugs compounded for animals can serve as …
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Hugh Mackenzie: “This report looks at the 2008-2014 compensation levels for Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs and finds that the average pay of Canada’s top executives has been extraordinarily resilient, in good times and in bad. The review finds that the country’s top 100 CEOs pocketed, on average, $8.96 …
Bureau of Labor Statistics – Steven F. Hipple – “People who are neither working nor looking for work are counted as “not in the labor force,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since 2000, the percentage of people in this group has increased. Data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and its Annual …
Federal Acquisitions: Use of ‘Other Transaction’ Agreements Limited and Mostly for Research and Development Activities, GAO-16-209: Published: Jan 7, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 7, 2016: “Federal agencies use a variety of acquisition and financial assistance mechanisms, such as contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, to help meet their missions. Some federal agencies have received authorization to …
Government Named Top U.S. Problem for Second Straight Year – “Americans were most likely to mention some aspect of the federal government in 2015 when asked to name the country’s top problem, but this category still averaged less than 20% of all responses during the year. Even when mentions of terrorism, immigration and gun laws …
