Performing Under Pressure: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP, 2011-2012: “The annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures and cost sharing practices, conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured with the Georgetown University Center for …

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Stress-testing macro stress testing: does it live up to expectations? by Claudio Borio, Mathias Drehmann and Kostas Tsatsaronis, BIS Working Papers No 369, January 2012 “We critically review the state of the art in macro stress testing, assessing its strengths and weaknesses. We argue that, given current technology, macro stress tests are ill-suited as early …

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Evaluating the Prospects for Increased Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States – Charles Ebinger, Kevin Massy, Govinda Avasarala – Brookings Energy Security Initiative, January 2012 “Owing to breakthroughs in drilling and production technology over the past five years, the United States finds itself facing a long period of abundant, low-cost natural gas …

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Bank Holding Company Act – Characteristics and Regulation of Exempt Institutions and the Implications of Removing the Exemptions, GAO-12-160, January 19, 2012 Traffic Congestion – Road Pricing Can Help Reduce Congestion, but Equity Concerns May Grow, GAO-12-119, January 12, 2012

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Arctic oil and natural gas resources – Resource basins in the Arctic Circle region “The Arctic holds an estimated 13% (90 billion barrels) of the world’s undiscovered conventional oil resources and 30% of its undiscovered conventional natural gas resources, according to an assessment conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Consideration of these resources as …

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U.S. Metro Economies – 2012 Employment Forecast and the Impact of Exports, U.S. Conference of Mayors, January 2012 The median real income for US households in 2010 was $49,455. This is 7.1% lower than median real household income in 1999, which was $53,252 (in 2010 dollars). This decline has been even steeper for those in …

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Remarks of Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, prepared for roundtable discussion at the European Ideas Network Seminar on Long-term growth: organizing the stability and attractiveness of European Financial Markets, Berlin (Deutsche Bank), 19-20 January 2012. “Good morning and thank you for inviting me to share …

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Special Tabulation of Supplemental Poverty Measure Estimates – This special tabulation of estimates using the Supplemental Poverty Measure were prepared at the request of the New York Times. It consists of five tables: Estimates of the number of people with incomes/resources between 100 and 150 percent of their poverty thresholds by different poverty measures and …

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Retirement Planning In a Post-Crisis Economy, January 2012: “Prolonged economic uncertainty and high unemployment have taken a heavy toll on U.S. workers. Few have escaped hits to their retirement savings or to their confidence in being able to retire comfortably. Unsurprisingly, many Americans have become more financially conservative, cutting back on spending and paying more …

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