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AARP Report – Food Insecurity of Older Americans

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Food Insecurity Among Older Adults – A report submitted to AARP Foundation, August 2011 – James P. Ziliak, Ph.D., University of Kentucky; Craig Gundersen, Ph.D., University of Illinois

  • “Reducing hunger risk among older Americans requires a concerted policy effort that is informed by rigorous research on the extent, causes, and consequences of food insecurity. In this report we provide a comprehensive portrait of the causes and consequences of food insecurity among adults age 50-59 in comparison to those in their 40s and those 60 and older. We emphasize the 50-59 age cohort in part because they do not have access to an age-specific safety net like older Americans (or some younger ones), take-up rates in food assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) are low, and the scaring effects of job loss can be more severe. We complement our age-specific analyses by examining the full samples of adults age 40 and older, those adults age 50 and older, and the subsamples with family incomes below 200% and below 300% of the poverty line.”

    • Commission on Wartime Contracting Report – Transforming Wartime Contracting Controlling costs Reducing risks

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    News release: “The final report of the congressionally chartered Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan says at least $31 billion has been lost to contract waste and fraud, and that major reforms are required. Commission reform objectives include improving federal planning for use of contracts, strengthening contract management and oversight, expanding competition, improving… Continue Reading

    Tenth Anniversary Report Card: The Status of the 9/11 Commission Recommendations

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    Bipartisan Policy Center Report Card Finds that Nine Unfinished 9/11 Commission Recommendations Leave U.S. Vulnerable: Nearly one week before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report card, which highlights nine of the 41 recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission in July 2004 that remain unfinished. The report… Continue Reading

    International Journal of Central Banking, September 2011 issue

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    International Journal of Central Banking – Volume 7, Number 3 September 2011 Anticipated Alternative Policy Rate Paths in Policy Simulations, by Stefan Laséen and Lars E.O. Svensson A Bivariate Model of Federal Reserve and ECB Main Policy Rates, by Chiara Scotti Interest Rate Smoothing and “Calvo-Type” Interest Rate Rules: A Comment on Levine, McAdam, and… Continue Reading

    The New Metro Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks from Census 2010

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    The New Metro Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks from Census 2010, William H. Frey, Senior, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, August 31, 2011: “An analysis of 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial census data for the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas indicates that – Non-whites and Hispanics accounted for 98… Continue Reading

    The Future of Photovoltaic Manufacturing in the United States

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    The Future of Photovoltaic Manufacturing in the United States “Technological innovation and growth are critical to U.S. competitiveness in a global economy. One means of facilitating growth and improving competitiveness is to foster more robust innovation ecosystems through the development of public-private partnerships, industry consortia, and other regional and national economic development initiatives. Public-private partnerships,… Continue Reading

    UK Office of Fair Trading – The Money Laundering Regulations 2007

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    The Money Laundering Regulations 2007 OFT Response to HM Treasury’s Review, August 2011. “The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is a non-ministerial government department. It is the UK’s competition and consumer authority and its mission is to make markets work well for consumers. The majority of the OFT’s work consists of: analysing markets enforcing consumer… Continue Reading

    Nationally, Home Prices Went Up in the Second Quarter of 2011 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

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    News release: Data through June 2011, released [August 30, 2011] by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the U.S. National Home Price Index increased by 3.6% in the second quarter of 2011, after having fallen 4.1% in the first quarter of 2011. With the… Continue Reading

    The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Declines

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    “The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved slightly in July, plummeted in August. The Index now stands at 44.5 (1985=100), down from 59.2 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 33.3 from 35.7. The Expectations Index decreased to 51.9 from 74.9 last month. The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®, based on a probability-design… Continue Reading