Spain: Selected Issues. 2011 International Monetary Fund July 2011 IMF Country Report No. 11/216. Prepared by Jerome Vacher, Keiko Honjo and Florence Jaumotte (all EUR), Rafael Romeu (FAD), Alessandro Giustiniani (MCM), and Edouard Vidon (SPR) “The paper focuses on two major private sector internal imbalances: (i) the excessive weight of construction and real estate, and… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
BEA: Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2011 (advance estimate)
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2011 (Advance Estimate) Revised Estimates: 2003 through First Quarter 2011 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 1.3 percent in the second quarter of… Continue Reading
WSJ: Marketers are spying on Internet users
“Marketers are spying on Internet users — observing and remembering people’s clicks, and building and selling detailed dossiers of their activities and interests. The Wall Street Journal’s What They Know series documents the new, cutting-edge uses of this Internet-tracking technology. The Journal analyzed the tracking files installed on people’s computers by the 50 most popular… Continue Reading
New Prototype: WorldCat Identities Network
“The WorldCat Identities Network gives users the opportunity to visually explore the interconnectivity and relationships between WorldCat Identities. The WorldCat Identities Network uses the WorldCat Identities Web Service and the WorldCat Search API to create an interactive Related Identity Network Map for each Identity in the WorldCat Identities database. The Identity Maps can be used… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Army and Marine Corps Training, Climate Change Adaptation, Coast Guard Deepwater Program, Social Media and Federal Agencies
American Battle Monuments Commission – Improvements Needed in Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures – Fiscal Year 2010. GAO-11-577R, July 28, 2011 Army and Marine Corps Training – Metrics Needed to Assess Initiatives on Training Management Skills, GAO-11-673, July 28, 2011 Climate Change Adaptation – Aligning Funding with Strategic Priorities, GAO-11-876T, July 29, 2011 Coast Guard… Continue Reading
EPA Proposes Air Pollution Standards for Oil and Gas Production
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed standards to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. These proposed updated standards – which are being issued in response to a court order – would rely on cost-effective existing technologies to reduce emissions that contribute to smog pollution and can cause… Continue Reading
Stateline: How a federal default would hit states
How a federal default would hit states – Infographic by Carla Uriona and Mary Mahling: “If the federal government begins defaulting on its obligations next week, it will clearly have some impact on states. The question nobody knows the answer to is: How much? A lot would depend on how the U.S. Treasury decides to… Continue Reading
SF Federal Reserve: The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy
John C. Williams, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Presentation to Community Leaders, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 28, 2011. The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy: We are now two full years into the economic recovery, yet progress on restoring the economy from the damage caused by the financial crisis… Continue Reading
Moody's puts 177 local governments' credit ratings on review notice
News release: “On July 28, 2011, Moodys placed the ratings of 177 U.S. municipal issuers that are indirectly linked to the U.S. Government on review for possible downgrade…The 162 local governments include 66 cities, 53 counties, 29 school districts and 14 special tax districts. The local governments are located in 31 states, with the heaviest… Continue Reading
mapFAST: A FAST Geographic Authorities Mashup with Google Maps
Bennett,Rick, Edward T. O’Neill, Kerre Kammerer, and JD Shipengrover. 2011. mapFAST: A FAST Geographic Authorities Mashup with Google Maps. Code4Lib Journal, 14, 2011-07-25 “mapFAST is a mashup that uses Google Maps to present a different way to look at subject access to bibliographic records. When looking for information about a particular place, it is often… Continue Reading
"Underground-storage area at U. of Chicagos new Mansueto Library uses robotic cranes to shelve and retrieve materials"
Chronicle of Higher Education: A High-Tech Library Keeps Books at Faculty FingertipsWith Robot Help “Like other libraries, Chicago’s faced the problem of bulging stacks. But unlike others, it didn’t relieve that crunch by exiling collections to remote locations or disposing of little-used holdings. Its underground storage system can place a bound volume in faculty fingers… Continue Reading
OMB Watch – Studies Show Regulation Protects Health and Safety, Encourages Job Creation
News release: “Three recently published studies discuss the relationship between regulations and economic development. One study focuses on the job-creation potential of an individual environmental rule, and another touts the economic benefits of clean energy investments. The third study debunks a widely quoted but inaccurate report on the economic costs of regulations. All three reinforce… Continue Reading
