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“Fannie Maes consumer attitudinal survey polls the adult general population of the U.S. to assess their opinions about home ownership, renting a home, and household finances. On average, Americans expect home prices to decline by 0.5% over the next 12 months, down from an expected increase of 0.7% in May 2011 and 0.9% in June …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board released a report that contains 2010 payment and account information about more than 1,000 agreements between institutions of higher education or affiliated organizations and credit card issuers. The Board also updated an online database that provides the complete text of each agreement and the payment and accounts information submitted …
Air Force Working Capital Fund: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Work and Funding Could Be Improved, GAO-11-539, July 7, 2011 DOD Can Improve Its Management of Configuration Steering Boards GAO-11-640, July 7, 2011 Navy’s Report to Congress on the Impact of Training and Crew Size on Surface Force Material Readiness, GAO-11-746R, July 7, 2011 Person-To-Person …
“The Prime Minister has today committed to publishing key data on the National Health Service, schools, criminal courts and transport. This represents the most ambitious open data agenda of any government anywhere in the world. The new data [see data.go.uk] will reveal clinical achievements and prescribing data by individual GP practices, the performance of hospital …
Employment Situation Summary, June 2011: “Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in June (+18,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in most major private-sector industries changed little over the month. Government employment continued to trend down. The number of unemployed persons (14.1 …
News release: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) are making public the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act …
The Role of the Federal Housing Administration in a Recovering U. S. Housing Market, 2nd Edition (June, 2011) “The FHA Assessment Report is a series of reports produced by the George Washington University Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis designed to analyze and interpret the role of and reforms to the Federal Housing Administration …
Resolution policies and frameworks progress so far, July 2011 “The report reflects the progress being made in the area of cross-border bank resolution since the Basel Committee published a set of ten recommendations in March 2010. The report also responds to the Financial Stability Board November 2010 recommendations on systemically important financial institutions for …
Spring Tide – Will the Arab Risings yield democracy, dictatorship or disorder?, A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. June 2011 “We set out below our short-term economic forecasts for Arab countries. There are also implications for economic policy. Policies of economic liberalisation are being criticised as a cover for corruption and as a cause …
News release: “Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve Board have announced final changes to the Risk-Based Pricing Rule to require creditors to disclose credit score information to consumers when a credit score is used in setting or adjusting credit terms. Risk-based pricing refers to the practice of setting …
The international propagation of the financial crisis of 2008 and a comparison with 1931, by William A. Allen and Richhild Moessner, BIS Working Papers No 348, July 2011 “We examine the international propagation of the financial crisis of 2008, and compare it with that of the crisis of 1931. We argue that the collateral squeeze …
Progress of the Worlds Women 20112012: In Pursuit of Justice “As the first major UN Women report, this edition of Progress of the Worlds Women reminds us of the remarkable advances that have been made over the past century in the quest for gender equality and womens empowerment. Even within one generation we have witnessed …
