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Basel III: a roadmap to better banking regulation and supervision, Remarks by Nout Wellink, Chairman, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision – President, De Nederlandsche Bank – FSI High-Level Meeting on the New Framework to Strengthen Financial Stability and Regulatory Priorities, St. Petersburg, Russia, 24 May 2011
Recovery Act: Thousands of Recovery Act Contract and Grant Recipients Owe Hundreds of Millions in Federal Taxes, GAO-11-686T, May 24, 2011 Recovery Act: Thousands of Recovery Act Contract and Grant Recipients Owe Hundreds of Millions in Federal Taxes, GAO-11-485, April 28, 2011
Interactions of sovereign debt management with monetary conditions and financial stability, Committee on the Global Financial System Publications No 42, May 2011 “The financial crisis dramatically altered the environment in which sovereign debt managers and central banks had to operate. The interactions of sovereign debt management (SDM) with monetary conditions and financial stability was heightened …
“The Notable Documents Panel has completed its work for 2010/2011, and the result of our efforts, Digital Diamonds and Budget Cuts is available. Each year, the Panel recognizes outstanding government information resources issued by state and local governments, national governments, and intergovernmental organizations, such as the World Bank and UN.” [David Griffiths Chair, Notable Documents …
World Bank: Trees and Landscape Restoration Can Help Deliver a Triple Win By Increasing Yields, Improving Climate Resilience and Storing Carbon. “Against a backdrop of volatile food prices and increasing climate variability, more and more people are paying attention to the relationship between a healthy environment and resilient farmland. From policy makers to private investors, …
Privacy Protections for Personal Information Online, Gina Stevens, Legislative Attorney, April 6, 2011 “There is no comprehensive federal privacy statute that protects personal information. Instead, a patchwork of federal laws and regulations govern the collection and disclosure of personal information and has been addressed by Congress on a sector-by-sector basis. Federal laws and regulations extend …
“Effective May 23, 2011, the New York Fed has accepted the following money market funds as reverse repurchase transaction counterparties. This is in addition to the primary dealers and previously approved reverse repurchase transaction counterparties.”
WaPo: Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen just confirmed that some of the Japanese nuclear reactors were severely damaged even before the tsunami hit. Specifically, Gundersen reports that the containment vessel at Fukushima 1 started leaking and melting down before the tsunami hit. Similarly, Gundersen notes that the fuel pool at reactor 4 cracked and started leaking …
News release: “Preliminary FBI figures reveal that the levels of both violent crime and property crime in the U.S. declined in 2010 from the previous year’s data. The 2010 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, just released today, shows a 5.5 percent decrease in the number of reported violent crimes when compared with data from 2009. …
“Those with access to private jets fly around the globe on a whim, their flight paths generally hidden from view. But The Wall Street Journal has penetrated this hidden world and, as the FAA considers publishing data on private-aircraft flights, the Journal unveils its own database.” Wall Street Journal Jet Tracker
Impact of the Global Crisis on Banking Sector Soundness in Asian Low-Income Countries, Jack Joo K. Ree. May 2011 “The paper takes stock of the impact of the global financial crisis that began in late 2007 on banking sectors of Asian low-income countries, by exploring bank-level data provided by Bankscope. The paper examines three key …
Bureau of Economic Analysis Survey of Current Business, May 2011 “A Research Spotlight presents RPP estimates for the 50 states and the District of Columbia and for metropolitan areas for 20052009. The article also presents per capita personal income estimates adjusted with RPPs and describes the updated methodology used to derive the RPPs. In another …
