Category «Financial System»

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement August 18 2015

“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 28-29, 2015. The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board’s …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Knowledge Management

Who Is Actually Forming New Households?

Terner Center for Innovative Housing, UC Berkeley: “For several quarters, the Census has reported an increase in household formation. This is the turnaround that the housing market has been waiting years for. During the recession, the number of households grew slowly, as young adults increasingly stayed in their parents’ homes and others doubled up, too, …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Housing

Investigating Monte Carlo Variation in a Dynamic Microsimulation Model

Investigating Monte Carlo Variation in a Dynamic Microsimulation Model from Congressional Budget Office. Michael Simpson, Principal Analyst in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, will present CBO’s findings to the Fifth World Congress of the International Microsimulation Association on September 2, 2015.

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

NY Fed – U.S. Economy in a Snapshot August 2015

“U.S. Economy in a Snapshot is a monthly presentation designed to give you a quick and accessible look at developments in the economy. Overview of the August 2015 Snapshot Consumer spending rebounded from a weak first quarter, although the pattern of monthly growth remains choppy. Real consumption expenditures were flat in June., but they grew …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Why Didn’t Higher Education Protect Hispanic and Black Wealth?

William R. Emmons, Bryan J. Noeth – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, August 2015 “College-educated families usually earn significantly higher incomes and accumulate more wealth than families headed by someone who does not have a four-year college degree. The income- and wealth-boosting effects of education apply within all racial and ethnic groups. Higher education …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management

NYC Expands Access to Public Contracts and Hearings

News release: “Mayor Bill de Blasio announced [August 10, 2015] a powerful new tool to increase government transparency with the launch of an expanded City Record Online (CROL). CROL is now a fully searchable database for all the notices contained in the City Record newspaper – including schedules for public hearings, land-sales and contract awards …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

GAO Reports – Electronic Health Records, Trends in U.S. and Chinese Economic Engagement

Electronic Health Records: Outcome-Oriented Metrics and Goals Needed to Gauge DOD’s and VA’s Progress in Achieving Interoperability, GAO-15-530: Published: Aug 13, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 13, 2015: “DOD and VA did not, by the October 1, 2014, deadline established in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014 for compliance with national data …

Subjects: E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

WSJ – Mapping the Top 20 ZIP Codes for Campaign Contributions

WSJ.com: “You can learn a lot about a candidate by looking at where he or she draws the most contributions. Campaign-finance reports are always studied for who raised the most money and who is struggling for support. But looking at a campaign’s fundraising footprint tells a tale all its own. The Wall Street Journal took …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

GAO Reports – Defense Contracts, Immigrant Investor Program, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

Defense Contracts: DOD’s Requests for Information from Contractors to Assess Prices, GAO-15-680: Published: Aug 12, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 12, 2015. Immigrant Investor Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Assess Fraud Risks and Report Economic Benefits, GAO-15-696: Published: Aug 12, 2015. Publicly Released: Aug 12, 2015 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: The Air Force Needs to …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Transportation

NY Fed – Around the World in 8,379 Foreign Entities

“The largest U.S. financial institutions conduct business around the world, maintaining a strong presence through branches and subsidiaries in foreign countries. This blog post highlights trends in their foreign ownership over the past twenty-five years, complementing recent research from the New York Fed on large and complex banks. We document a constant decline in the …

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

Bond markets and monetary policy dilemmas for the emerging markets

Bank for International Settlement – Bond markets and monetary policy dilemmas for the emerging markets by Jhuvesh Sobrun and Philip Turner Working Papers No 508 August 2015. “Financial conditions in the emerging markets (EMs) have become more dependent on the ‘world’ long-term interest rate, which has been driven down by monetary policies in the advanced …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents