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Economic Indicators June 2011 (Includes data available as of July 8, 2011) Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisers, GPO. “In the first quarter of 2011, according to revised estimates, current dollar gross domestic product (GDP) rose 4.0 percent (annual rate), real GDP in chained (2005) dollars rose 1.9 percent, …
Report on OTC derivatives data reporting and aggregation requirements – consultative report, CPSS Publications No 96, August 2011 – Bank for International Settlements: “This consultation report is about the OTC derivatives data that should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories (TRs). CPSS and IOSCO support the view that TRs, by collecting such data …
News release: Sales of new single-family houses in July 2011 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.7 percent (±12.9%) below the revised June rate of 300,000, but is 6.8 percent (±13.5%) …
“Men and women in the South had higher rates of divorce in 2009 than in other regions of the country, 10.2 per 1,000 for men and 11.1 per 1,000 for women, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The national divorce rate was 9.2 for men and 9.7 for women. By contrast, …
Clifford Marks, National Journal: “Major U.S. newspapers have increasingly shifted their attention away from coverage of unemployment in recent months while greatly intensifying their focus on the deficit, a National Journal analysis shows. The analysis — based on a measure of how often the words “unemployment” and “deficit” appear in major publications — portrays a …
Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2010: “This bulletin presents 2010 annual averages from the CPS for census regions and divisions; the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and 54 large metropolitan areas, 22 metropolitan divisions, and 41 principal cities. Data from the CPS differ from the official estimates produced by the individual States …
Charting International Labor Comparisons (2011 Edition) “The BLS 2011 edition of Charting International Labor Comparisons features 2009 data, as well as trends over time, for the main indicators published by ILC: gross domestic product, labor force, manufacturing hourly compensation costs and productivity, and consumer prices. To increase country and indicator coverage, data from other organizations …
The Near- and Longer-Term Prospects for the U.S. Economy, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 26, 2011 “There have been some positive developments over the past few years, particularly when considered in the light of economic prospects as viewed at the depth of …
Shared National Credits Program 2011 Review, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,August 2011 “The interagency Shared National Credits (SNC) Review for 2011 indicates that credit quality improved for the second consecutive year for large corporate loans and loan commitments held by U.S. bank organizations, foreign bank organizations (FBO), and nonbanks, such as securitization …
Forest Service Business Services Further Actions Needed to Re-examine Centralization Approach and to Better Document Associated Costs, GAO-11-769, August 25, 2011 Climate Engineering – Technical Status, Future Directions, and Potential Responses, GAO-11-71, August 25, 2011 Hazardous Waste – Early Goals Have Been Met in EPA’s Corrective Action Program, but Resource and Technical Challenges Will Constrain …
Nigeria Country Analysis Brief – August 24, 2011: “Nigeria’s hydrocarbon resources are the mainstay of the country’s economy but development of the oil and natural gas sectors is often constrained by instability in the Niger Delta.” “The Nigerian economy is heavily dependent on the oil sector which, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), accounts …
Military and Security Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China 2011, Office of the Secretary of Defense – A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 “Chinas rise as a major international actor is likely to stand out as a defining feature of the strategic landscape of the …
