Economic Stimulus Scams
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Mortgage Loan Delinquency Rates Rise for Eighth Straight Quarter
News release: “TransUnion.com released today the results of its analysis of trends in the mortgage industry for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the associated impact on the U.S. consumer. The report is part of an ongoing series of quarterly consumer lending sector analyses focusing on credit card, auto loan and mortgage data..Information for this …
New GAO Reports: Immigration Enforcement, DOE Contract Management
Immigration Enforcement: Better Controls Needed over Program Authorizing State and Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws, GAO-09-109, January 30, 2009 Department of Energy: Contract and Project Management Concerns at the National Nuclear Security Administration and Office Of Environmental Management, GAO-09-406T, March 04, 2009 Immigration Enforcement: Controls over Program Authorizing State and Local Enforcement of Federal …
Treasury Announces Requirements for the Making Home Affordable Program
News release: “On March 4th, The Obama Administration announced new U.S. Department of the Treasury guidelines to enable servicers to begin modifications of eligible mortgages under the Administration’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan announced by President Barack Obama just two weeks ago. The release of detailed requirements for the “Making Home Affordable” program facilitates …
Federal Reserve Bank Beige Book
“Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest that national economic conditions deteriorated further during the reporting period of January through late February. Ten of the twelve reports indicated weaker conditions or declines in economic activity; the exceptions were Philadelphia and Chicago, which reported that their regional economies “remained weak.” The deterioration was broad based, …
March 2009 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for December 2008
March 2009 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for December 2008 (03/02/2009): “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level. Also including Feature Article: A Comparison of EIA-782 Petroleum Product Price and Volume Data with Other Sources, 1998 to 2007.”
President Bush's Judicial Appointments Ranked Third Behind Reagan, Clinton
US Courts: “President George W. Bush appointed 328 persons to Article III judgeships, the third most of any president.”
Treasury IG Report: Material Loss Review of First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, National Association
Treasury OIG-09-033, Safety and Soundness: Material Loss Review of First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, National Association, February 27, 2009 “The primary cause of the failure of FNB Nevada was the significant losses within its commercial real estate loan portfolio as well as the losses from the residential mortgage division operations of …
EPA Unveils Top 25 U.S. Cities with the Most Energy Star Buildings
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy efficient buildings in 2008 that have earned EPAs Energy Star. The list is headed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, D.C., Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis-St Paul, Atlanta and Seattle. In 2008, more …
President Obama Announces $27 Billion In Funding for Infrastructure
Recovery.gov: “President Obama and Transportation Secretary LaHood have announced that $27 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds are headed to states to provide critical repairs to our nation’s crumbling roads and bridges. Parts of the allocation are set aside to make sure that urban, suburban, and rural areas alike all get a …
Hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Written Testimony – As Prepared for Delivery to the Committee on Ways and Means:…”What I propose to do in the remarks that follow is to: Describe the economic and financial challenges that greeted us upon our arrival in office, and discuss how we are addressing them; Lay out the intermediate …
New York Times Charts Unemployment Rate Throughout U.S.
The Geography of a Recession: “Job losses have been most severe in the areas that experienced a big boom in housing, those that depend on manufacturing and those that already had the highest unemployment rates. Related Article.” Related postings on financial system
