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… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
New Report Counts, Categorizes & Ranks Great Lakes Islands
News release: “With more than 32,000 islands in its waters, the Great Lakes contain the worlds largest collection of freshwater islands, but these islands are dynamic, undergoing many changes that threaten the islands flora and fauna, including climate change, habitat degradation, invasive species and some natural processes, according to a new report published by scientists… Continue Reading
MIT researchers unveil autonomous oil-absorbing robot
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this related news {inclusive of video link]: “Using a cutting edge nanotechnology, researchers at MIT have created a robotic prototype that could autonomously navigate the surface of the ocean to collect surface oil and process it on site. The system, called Seaswarm, is a fleet… Continue Reading
Speech by Chairman Bernanke on the economic outlook and monetary policy
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… Continue Reading
New GDP Figures Show Recovery Not Yet on Solid Footing
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… Continue Reading
UK GDP Growth – Economy grows by 1.2% in Q2 2010
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… Continue Reading
Research: Comparing variability and trends in observed and modelled global-mean surface temperature
Fyfe, J. C., N. P. Gillett, and D. W. J. Thompson (2010), Comparing variability and trends in observed and modelled global-mean surface temperature, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L16802, oi:10.1029/2010GL044255. “The observed evolution of the global-mean surface temperature over the twentieth century reflects the combined influences of natural variations and anthropogenic forcing, and it is a… Continue Reading
BEA: National Income and Product Accounts
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… Continue Reading
CDC: Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009
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… Continue Reading
BLS: Employment and Unemployment Among Youth Summary
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… Continue Reading
Pew Survey: Five Years After Katrina, Most Say Nation is Not Better Prepared
Progress Seen in New Orleans, Gulf Rebuilding – Five Years After Katrina, Most Say Nation is Not Better Prepared, August 26, 2010 “Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, a majority of Americans (57%) say that the nation is no better prepared for hurricanes and other natural disasters than it… Continue Reading
One of Four Original Magna Carta Document on Display at National Archives
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… Continue Reading
