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CRS – Chinas Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues – Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in Asian Trade and Finance; Marc Labonte Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, August 3, 2011 “Chinas policy of intervening in currency markets to limit or halt the appreciation of its currency, the renminbi (RMB), against the U.S. dollar and other currencies …
“The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2011 (Key Indicators 2011), the 42nd edition of this series, is a statistical data book presenting economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This issue of the Key Indicators presents in Part I a special chapterToward Higher …
News release: “Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: Countries that create better opportunities and conditions for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representative, and advance development prospects for all, says a new World Bank flagship report. The World Development Report 2012: Gender …
International Energy Outlook 2011 – September 19, 2011 “In the IEO2011 Reference case, which does not incorporate prospective legislation or policies that might affect energy markets, world marketed energy consumption grows by 53 percent from 2008 to 2035. Total world energy use rises from 505 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2008 to 619 quadrillion …
Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future – The Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction, September 19, 2011 “…The plan [The American Jobs Act – text included in this report] also realizes more than $1 trillion in savings over the next 10 years from our draw downs in Afghanistan and Iraq. …
Excess Facilities: DOD Needs More Complete Information and a Strategy to Guide Its Future Disposal Efforts, GAO-11-814, September 19, 2011 Joint Strike Fighter: Implications of Program Restructuring and Other Recent Developments on Key Aspects of DOD’s Prior Alternate Engine Analyses, GAO-11-903R, September 14, 2011 Telecommunications: Competition, Capacity, and Costs in the Fixed Satellite Services Industry, …
FAQ: “Strong economic growth leads China and India to more than double their combined energy demand by 2035, accounting for one-half of the world’s energy growth according to EIA’s recently released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011). The IEO2011 projects that China and India together will consume 31% of the world’s energy in 2035, up from …
Future of the First Amendment 2011 Survey of High School Students and Teachers, Commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation – September 2011 “There is a clear, positive relationship between student use of social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr to get news and information and greater support for free …
Huge disparity in share of total wealth gain since 1983, By Lawrence Mishel | September 15, 2011 “It is widely acknowledged that wealth declined substantially between 2007 and 2009 as the housing bubble burst and stock prices fell. This wealth shrinkage was especially hard on the middle class and those groups (such as African Americans) …
September 2011 Update for TIGER: Tracking Indexes for Global Economic Recovery: “The world economy has hit a rough patch on the road to recovery and is in danger of skidding off course. The latest update of the Brookings Institution-FT Tracking Indices for the Global Economic Recovery (TIGER) reveals abundant cause for gloom. The general picture …
News release: “The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service [presented] nine Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) at a Washington, D.C. gala on September 15 to outstanding public servants who are making high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Sammies have earned a reputation as one …
It requires urgent action on a huge scale. Unless Germany rises to the challenge, disaster looms “So grave, so menacing, so unstoppable has the euro crisis become that even rescue talk only fuels ever-rising panic. Investors have sniffed out that Europes leaders seem unwilling ever to do enough. Yet unless politicians act fast to persuade …
