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“Every year since 1990, Roll Call has raked through congressional financial disclosure forms to create our Wealth of Congress Index. In the course of analyzing the data of the 50 richest members of Congress, the 10 “poorest” and all the others elected to represent Americans in the Capitol, we discovered scores of interesting things that …
Governments should do more to improve the design and delivery of new laws, as even small efforts to fix regulatory shortcomings can have a tangible positive impact on economic activity and well-being, according to a new OECD report. The OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015 – the first effort to track how OECD countries develop, implement …
Covington, Howard, Climate Risks to the Financial System (October 27, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2681153 “An estimate is made of the specific risk to the fossil fuel sector from wind and solar generation and from electric vehicles. The systemic risk to investment portfolios from climate change is then analysed.”
“Shows revenues, expenditures, debt, and cash and security holdings by level of government. Level of government includes state, local, and state and local combined. The data are organized by state.”
“The 2012 Economic Census concludes the Geographic Area Series for the transportation and warehousing sector. This series includes statistics for air, rail, and water transportation and warehousing and storage. The files provide statistics on the number of establishments, revenue, payroll, number of employees and other data items by industry. Geographic Area Series data is the …
National Economic Council and Office of Science and Technology Policy, October 2015. “The President’s Strategy for American Innovation has six key elements. The Strategy recognizes the important role for the Federal Government to invest in the building blocks of innovation, to fuel the engine of private-sector innovation, and to empower a nation of innovators. The …
BlackRock 2015 Annual Global Investor Pulse Survey: Americans Focus on the Right Goals, But Money Attitudes, Behaviors Get in the Way of Financial Success “Americans put urgent financial goals like a secure retirement high on their list of priorities, but their attitudes and behaviors regarding money aren’t necessarily aligned with their intentions, according to the …
World Economic Outlook October 2015 Adjusting to Lower Commodity Prices – “Six years after the world economy emerged from its broadest and deepest postwar recession, a return to robust and synchronized global expansion remains elusive. The revised forecasts in this latest World Economic Outlook report underscore the challenges all countries face. Despite considerable differences in …
“This project proposes a comprehensive mapping of contemporary geographies of knowledge. Information is the raw material for much of the work that goes on in the contemporary global economy. As such, it is important to understand who produces and reproduces, who has access, and who and where are represented by information in our contemporary knowledge …
Can Social Security Be Solvent? Karen E. Smith, October 16, 2015. The Urban Institute. “Social Security is expected to run short of funds to pay all promised benefits in less than 20 years. However, none of the most popular reform options, including raising the retirement age, cutting cost-of-living adjustments, and raising the cap on earnings …
“The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today released international banking statistics at end-June 2015. • Between end-March and end-June 2015, cross-border bank lending contracted significantly for the first time since late 2013. The $910 billion quarter-on-quarter decline more than offset the $781 billion expansion observed in the first quarter of the year. • Cross-border claims …
Presentation by Elizabeth Cove Delisle, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, with Natalie Tawil, an analyst in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, to the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities. In 2014, the federal government provided about $50 billion in housing assistance specifically designated for low-income households. This presentation describes the ways in which the …
