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Consumer Price Index – December 2009: On a seasonally adjusted basis, the December Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 2.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. The seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index was …
News release: “Today, the President announced his intention to propose a Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee that would require the largest and most highly levered Wall Street firms to pay back taxpayers for the extraordinary assistance provided so that the TARP program does not add to the deficit. “The fee the President is proposing would: Require …
Briefing on Commercial and Department of Defense Space System Requirements and Acquisition Practices, GAO-10-315R, January 14, 2010 Department of Energy: Actions Needed to Develop High-Quality Cost Estimates for Construction and Environmental Cleanup Projects, GAO-10-199, January 14, 2010 Tax Gap: Actions Needed to Address Noncompliance with S Corporation Tax Rules, GAO-10-195, December 15, 2009
Policies for Increasing Economic Growth and Employment in 2010 and 2011 – January 2010 “After the most severe recession since the 1930s, the U.S. economy appears to be recovering. Real (inflation adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) grew during the third quarter of 2009, after having fallen 3.7 percent since the recession began in the fourth …
First Public Hearing of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Day 2, January 14, 2010. Panel 1: Current Investigations into the Financial Crisis Federal Officials. Panel 2: Current Investigations into the Financial Crisis State and Local Officials. Related postings on financial system New York Times: “The need for tighter federal regulation was the dominant …
CBO’s Budgetary Treatment of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, January 2010 – Background Paper “After the U.S. government assumed control in 2008 of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mactwo federally chartered institutions that provide credit guarantees for almost half of the outstanding residential mortgages in the United Statesthe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concluded that the institutions …
News release: “Individuals who ride public transportation can save on average $9,242 annually based on the January 11, 2010 national average gas price and the national unreserved monthly parking rate. Compared to last year at this time, the average cost per gallon of gas was $1.79 which is nearly $1 less than the current price …
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday approved a final rule amending Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to protect consumers who use credit cards from a number of costly practices. Credit card issuers must comply with most aspects of the rule beginning on February 22. “This rule marks an important milestone in the Federal …
News release: ” The Justice Department today announced separate agreements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Pace University in New York City and Reed College in Portland, Ore., regarding the use in a classroom setting of the electronic book reader, the Kindle DX, a hand-held technological device …
“In the wake of the most significant financial crisis since the Great Depression, the President signed into law on May 20, 2009, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, creating the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The Commission was established to “examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in …
“GPO is pleased to announce that the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) has been converted into XML (extensible markup language) and is now available via GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). Currently, the CFR is available from 2007 to present, and volumes dating back to 2000 will be added over the next few months. The CFR …
Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic Advisors: Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Second Quarterly Report, January 13, 2010 “Evaluating the impact of countercyclical macroeconomic policy is inherently difficult because we do not observe what would have happened to the economy in the absence of policy. And the …
