Financial Services Roundtable Principals for Financial Regulatory Reform
Financial Services Roundtable Principals for Financial Regulatory Reform, January 29, 2009 Related postings on financial system
Category «Government Documents»
Federal Reserve Board Final Rules on Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Fund Liquidity Facility
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced two final rules pertaining to the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF), which extends loans to banking organizations to finance their purchases of high-quality asset-backed commercial paper from money market mutual funds. The first rule provides a temporary limited exception from the Board’s …
CRS – Retirement Plan Participation and Contributions: Trends from 1998 to 2006
CRS Report – Retirement Plan Participation and Contributions: Trends from 1998 to 2006,January 30, 2009 “The U.S. Census Bureau periodically collects information from individuals about their participation in employer-sponsored retirement plans. The most recent such survey was conducted from February through May of 2006. After extensive review and editing by the Census Bureau, the survey …
Forecasts for the UK economy A comparison of independent forecasts January 2009
Forecasts for the UK economy, A comparison of independent forecasts January 2009, Compiled by the Macroeconomic Prospects Team. “This edition of the comparison contains 29 new forecasts, all of which were received between January 5th and January 14th, 2009.” Related postings on financial system
Investigation Information for Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections, 2008-2009
Follow up to previous postings on the FDA peanut recall and the agency’s searchable list of products and brands, see this related website from CDC: Investigation Information for Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections, 2008-2009 “CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Food Safety and Inspection Service …
New Poverty Guidelines Posted on Bankruptcy Page
US Court: “New poverty guidelines for 2009, needed by persons seeking fee waivers when filing for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, have been posted. Guidelines and Other Bankruptcy Resources.”
TARP Program Contract Term Document Library
Capital Purchase Program: Application Documents Completed Transactions: Contract Terms Targeted Investment Program: Contract Terms Systemically Significantly Failing Institutions: Contract Terms Automotive Industry Financing Program: Contract Terms Related postings on financial system
Foreign-Born Exceed the Native-Born in Advanced Degrees
News release: “A larger percentage of foreign-born than native-born residents had a masters degree or higher in 2007, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nationally, 11 percent of foreign-born people from another country now living in the United States and 10 percent of U.S.-born residents had an advanced degree. …
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Issues New Audit Reports
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction issued the following new audits: 09-009 Full Impact of Department of Defense Program to Restart State-owned Enterprises Difficult to Estimate, January 30, 2009: “Task Force efforts have served to help restart state-owned factories and provide employment in a difficult security environment. However, the full measure of their impact …
GPO: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation infrastructure investment, energy efficiency/science, assistance to the unemployed, and State/local fiscal stabilization: H.R. 1 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (680 pages, PDF) Related postings on financial system More documents via U.S. News.com Stimulus Watch
OMB Watch Report Documents Midnight Regs by Bush Administration
After Midnight – The Bush legacy of deregulation and what Obama can do, Reece Rushing, Rick Melberth, and Matt Madia, January 2009. “The Bush administration rushed out a host of problematic regulations in its final months. Many of these midnight regulations actually represent deregulatory actions that weaken or eliminate safeguards protecting health, safety, the environment, …
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, GAO-09-296, January 30, 2009. “As of January 23, 2009, Treasury had disbursed about $293.7 billion of the $700 billion in program funds. Most of the funds (about $194.2 billion) went to purchase preferred shares of 317 financial institutions under the Capital Purchase …
