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News release: “On Sept. 26, 2011, we released a tip sheet notice highlighting the Census Bureau’s online tool for searching economic indicators. The tool currently searches on 12 but will be updated to allow searches on a 13th indicator (housing vacancies and homeownership). Below is the language of the notice revised to reflect this update. …
Pew Research Center: No Consensus About Whether Nation Is Divided Into ‘Haves’ and ‘Have-Nots’, September 29, 2011 “Despite an extended economic downturn, the publics impression of whether the nation is economically divided remains relatively stable. While 45% say American society is divided between haves and have-nots, 52% say it is incorrect to think of the …
News release: “The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grant making arm of the National Archives, has signed a cooperative agreement with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, affiliated with the University of Virginia, to provide pre-publication access to 68,000 historical papers of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George …
Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey 2011: “Over a quarter-million government employees responded to the survey this year, and there is much good news to report. Employees are more confident in their leaders, and have increased respect for their honesty and integrity. They are proud to work for the Government and feel an increased sense of personal …
“In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering …
Present Law, Data, And Analysis Relating To Tax Incentives For Homeownership, The Joint Committee on Taxation, September 30, 2011, JCX-50-11 “This document…provides general background on the tax incentives for homeownership. The first part of this document describes the tax provisions that offer incentives for homeownership. The second part provides a discussion of the economic incentives …
With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors – “Across millions of acres, the pines of the northern and central Rockies are dying, just one among many types of forests that are showing signs of distress these days. From the mountainous Southwest deep into Texas, wildfires raced across parched landscapes this summer, burning …
Changing Landscape of Employment-based Retirement Benefits, by William J. Wiatrowski, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 29, 2011 As the types of retirement benefits provided by employers have changed, so too have plan features. Retirement income comes from many sources, but except for the independently wealthy and those with large inheritances, the various sources of retirement …
Monthly Labor Review Online, September 2011, Vol. 134, No. 9 Characteristics of displaced workers 20072009: a visual essay, James M. Borbely Survival and growth of Silicon Valley high-tech businesses born in 2000, Tian Luo and Amar Mann Multiple jobholding in States in 2010, Jim Campbell Related postings on financial system
Central banking post-crisis: What compass for uncharted waters? by Claudio Borio, Working Papers No 353, Bank for International Settlement, September 2011 “The global financial crisis has shaken the foundations of the deceptively comfortable pre-crisis central banking world. Central banks face a threefold challenge: economic, intellectual and institutional. This essay puts forward a compass to help …
Rediscovering the macroeconomic roots of financial stability policy: journey, challenges and a way forward, by Claudio Borio, Working Papers No 354, Bank for International Settlements, September 2011 “The recent financial crisis has triggered a major rethink of analytical approaches and policy towards financial stability. The crisis has encouraged a sharper focus on systemic risk, the …
Central banking in Africa: prospects in a changing world, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Papers No 56, September 2011 “Governors and senior officials representing some two dozen central banks from Africa and other regions of the world met at the BIS in May 2011 to discuss the monetary policy and financial stability issues facing Africa …
