Federal Reserve: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, October 16, 2009 – “Industrial production rose 0.7 percent in September after an upwardly revised gain of 1.2 percent in August. For the third quarter as a whole, output advanced at an annual rate of 5.2 percent, the first quarterly gain since the first quarter of 2008 and the largest gain since the first quarter of 2005. Production in manufacturing increased 0.9 percent in September, and the index excluding motor vehicles and parts rose 0.5 percent. Mining output strengthened 0.7 percent, while the output of utilities fell 0.7 percent. At 98.5 percent of its 2002 average, total industrial production was 6.1 percent below its level of a year earlier. In September, the capacity utilization rate for total industry increased to 70.5 percent, a level 10.4 percentage points below its average for 1972 through 2008.”
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Daily Archives: October 16, 2009
SF AG Shepherds Witness ID Protection Bill to Signature by Governor
Kate Mosher in The Recorder: “Under a bill signed into law by the governor this week and sponsored by San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, prosecutors hope witnesses in the state’s relocation program will be harder to find through Internet searching. Gang members have targeted witnesses through Internet search engines even when witnesses weren’t aware… Continue Reading
Mandatory Vaccination of New York Health Care Workers Halted
Follow up to October 10, 2009 posting, Mandatory Flu Shots for New York Health Care Workers, the New York Times today reported Thomas J. McNamara, an acting justice of the State Supreme Court in Albany, issued a temporary order halting the enforcement of mandatory flu vaccines for health care workers. Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Energy-Water Nexus, Warfighter Support, NASA, Tax Administration, International Taxation
Energy-Water Nexus: Improvements to Federal Water Use Data Would Increase Understanding of Trends in Power Plant Water Use, GAO-10-23, October 16, 2009 Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, GAO-10-119, October 16, 2009 NASA: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Programs and Associated Activities, GAO-10-87R,… Continue Reading
Some Surveys Suggest Recession Over in U.S. and Abroad
New York Times: “The surveys, conducted in the United States by the Institute of Supply Management and in other countries by Markit, measure not the level of manufacturing output but the way it is changing. The surveys have a reputation for showing turns in the economy, often before other indicators do.” Related postings on financial… Continue Reading
Statistics on payment and settlement systems in selected countries – Figures for 2008 – Preliminary release
Bank for International Settlements, Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems: Statistics on payment and settlement systems in selected countries – Figures for 2008 – Preliminary release CPSS Publications No 87, September 2009 Continue Reading
Trading book quantitative impact study by the Basel Committee: results
News release: “The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued today the results of its recent trading book quantitative impact study, which assesses the impact of the revisions to the 1996 rules governing trading book capital. These revisions, which were originally published by the Committee in January 2009, were subsequently adopted in July 2009. Excluding the… Continue Reading
Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF Report Rapid Ice Loss in the Arctic
News release: “New data, released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF, provides further evidence of thinning Arctic Ocean sea ice, supporting the emerging thinking that the Ocean will be largely ice-free in summer within a decade. The Catlin Arctic Survey, completed earlier this year, provides the latest ice thickness record, drawn from the only… Continue Reading
Fulbrights 6th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report
News release: “Companies are seeing a litigation wave that corporate counsel expect to swell in the coming year, according to respondents of Fulbrights 6th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report. Corporate counsel say they are steeling themselves for a big year of litigation with 42% of U.S. respondents anticipating an increase in legal disputes their companies… Continue Reading
