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Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news: Deepwater joint investigation board concludes 5th day in 4th session of hearings. “The Deepwater Horizon joint investigation concluded the fifth day of the fourth session of hearings Friday [August 27, 2010] into the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, pollution and sinking of …
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – Chart Book: The Legacy of the Great Recession, Updated August 27, 2010 “The United States went through its longest, and by most measures worst economic recession since the Great Depression between December 2007 and the middle of 2009. This chartbook will document the course of the economy following …
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 27, 2010: The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy “In sum, the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed somewhat in recent months, in part because of slower-than-expected growth in consumer spending, as well as continued …
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: “The bottom line from todays Commerce Department report on gross domestic product (GDP) is that the economy is growing far too slowly to reduce unemployment and it is still too early to declare that the recovery is on solid footing. The recovery could definitely use a boost from further …
UK Office for National Statistics: GDP increased by 1.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2010, revised up from 1.1 per cent. GDP in the second quarter of 2010 is now 1.7 per cent higher than the second quarter of 2009. Output of the production industries remained unrevised at 1.0 per cent in the …
National Income and Product Accounts; Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2010 (second estimate); Corporate Profits, 2nd quarter 2010 (preliminary estimate): “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the second quarter of …
Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009 “Data shown here are provisional and include only events occurring within the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia). Provisional birth, death, and infant death data in this report are based on a combination of counts of events provided by each reporting area and …
Employment and Unemployment Among Youth Summer 2010: “From April to July 2010, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old rose by 1.8 million to 18.6 million, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This year, the share of young people who were employed in July was 48.9 percent, the lowest July …
News release: “Fabrication specialists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are joining forces with conservators at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to protect and display a document that influenced our nations foundation, the 1297 Magna Carta. Only four originals of the 1297 Magna Carta survive, and the one at the …
Twin Births Remain Stable, New Report Shows. Rate unchanged since 2004 after 70 percent rise from 1980-2004, August 2010 “Objectives-This report presents 2007 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics; preliminary 2008 data are also referenced on key measures where available. Final 2007 data are presented for maternal demographic characteristics including …
Telecommunications: Enhanced Data Collection Could Help FCC Better Monitor Competition in the Wireless Industry, GAO-10-779, July 27, 2010 “Americans increasingly rely on wireless phones, with nearly 40 percent of households now using them primarily or solely. Under federal law, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is responsible for fostering a competitive wireless marketplace while ensuring that …
Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain, Marc Humphries, Analyst in Energy Policy, July 28, 2010 “The concentration of production of rare earth elements (REEs) outside the United States raises the important issue of supply vulnerability. REEs are used for new energy technologies and national security applications. Is the United States vulnerable to supply disruptions …
