State Nuclear Profiles Sep 15, 2010: “The newly-formatted State Nuclear Profiles contains 2008 final data on nuclear generation and capacity, significant facts about the local nuclear industry, nuclear plant construction costs, dates of commercial reactor operation and license expiration, and type of cooling system. Tables also compare nuclear and other output and capacity.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force – Fifth Anniversary Report to the Attorney General
DOJ – Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force, Fifth Anniversary Report to the Attorney General, September 2010 “When it was established in September 2005, the mission of the Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force was to deter, prevent, detect, and punish fraud related to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Subsequently, as other hurricanes and disasters, both… Continue Reading
FTC Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust in the Digital Age
News release: “In testimony before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, the Federal Trade Commission explained how it protects consumers by applying well-established principles of competition to fast-changing technology markets. Some have argued that there should be different rules for markets characterized by rapid technological development, but Congress drafted the antitrust laws in general terms… Continue Reading
EIA: United Kingdom Country Analysis Brief
United Kingdom Country Analysis Brief Sep 15, 2010: “The United Kingdom (UK) is the largest producer of oil and second-largest producer of natural gas in the European Union (EU). However, after years of being a net exporter of both fuels, by 2005 the UK became a net importer. For the latest information on the… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve – statistical release Z.1 Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States
Flow of Funds Summary Statistics Second Quarter 2010, September 17, 2010: “Debt of the domestic nonfinancial sectors is estimated to have expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4¾ percent in the second quarter of 2010, ¼ percentage point more than in the previous quarter. Private debt declined again in the second quarter, while… Continue Reading
Survey: Engaging Diverse Viewpoints: What Is the Campus Climate for Perspective-Taking?
“Core Commitments, a signature initiative of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), aims to reclaim and revitalize the academys role in fostering students development of personal and social responsibility. The initiative is designed to help campuses create learning environments in which all students reach for excellence in the use of their talents, take… Continue Reading
Regulating the Shadow Banking System
Governor Daniel K. Tarullo at the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C. September 17, 2010 – Comments on “Regulating the Shadow Banking System Broadly speaking, threats to financial stability can arise in two ways: first, through the rapid deterioration or failure of a large institution with leverage sufficient to have widespread knock-on effects and,… Continue Reading
U.S. Income and Poverty in 2009
Follow up to Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009, this WSJ interactive graphic: Poverty Rate Living in Poverty | Income by Gender | Income Disparity | Income by Race | Income by Region Continue Reading
The Increase in Income Cyclicality of High-Income Households and its Relation to the Rise in Top Income Shares
The Increase in Income Cyclicality of High-Income Households and its Relation to the Rise in Top Income Shares, by Jonathan A. Parker, Northwestern University and NBER Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Northwestern University, NBER and CEPR, September 7, 2010 Continue Reading
The State of the Safety Net in the Post-Welfare Reform Era
The State of the Safety Net in the Post-Welfare Reform Era, By Marianne Bitler, UC Irvine and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, Hilary W. Hoynes, UC Davis, September 8, 2010. Paper prepared for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Conference Date September 16-17, 2010 “The passage of the 1996 welfare reform bill led to sweeping changes… Continue Reading
BLS: U.S. International Transactions: Second Quarter 2010
News release and tables: “The U.S. current-account deficit the combined balances on trade in goods and services, income, and net unilateral current transfers – increased to $123.3 billion (preliminary) in the second quarter of 2010, from $109.2 billion (revised) in the first quarter of 2010. The increase was the fourth consecutive quarterly increase since… Continue Reading
WSJ Investigates Extensive Web Tracking of Children Online
“A Wall Street Journal investigation into online privacy has found that popular children’s websites install more tracking technologies on personal computers than do the top websites aimed at adults.” “Marketers are spying more on young Internet users than on their parents, building detailed profiles of their activities and interests. The Wall Street Journals What They… Continue Reading
