Report on OTC derivatives data reporting and aggregation requirements – consultative report, CPSS Publications No 96, August 2011 – Bank for International Settlements: “This consultation report is about the OTC derivatives data that should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories (TRs). CPSS and IOSCO support the view that TRs, by collecting such data… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Inside Higher Ed Reports on What Students Don't Know About Using the Web and Research
Inside Higher Ed: “The ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) project — a series of studies conducted at Illinois Wesleyan, DePaul University, and Northeastern Illinois University, and the University of Illinoiss Chicago and Springfield campuses — was a meta-exercise for the librarians in practicing the sort of deep research they champion. Instead of relying… Continue Reading
Census Economic Indicators – New Home Sales
News release: Sales of new single-family houses in July 2011 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.7 percent (±12.9%) below the revised June rate of 300,000, but is 6.8 percent (±13.5%)… Continue Reading
Divorce Rates Highest in the South, Lowest in the Northeast, Census Bureau Reports
“Men and women in the South had higher rates of divorce in 2009 than in other regions of the country, 10.2 per 1,000 for men and 11.1 per 1,000 for women, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The national divorce rate was 9.2 for men and 9.7 for women. By contrast,… Continue Reading
Major newspapers shift focus from unemployment to the deficit, National Journal analysis shows.
Clifford Marks, National Journal: “Major U.S. newspapers have increasingly shifted their attention away from coverage of unemployment in recent months while greatly intensifying their focus on the deficit, a National Journal analysis shows. The analysis — based on a measure of how often the words “unemployment” and “deficit” appear in major publications — portrays a… Continue Reading
Labor Department: Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2010
Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2010: “This bulletin presents 2010 annual averages from the CPS for census regions and divisions; the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and 54 large metropolitan areas, 22 metropolitan divisions, and 41 principal cities. Data from the CPS differ from the official estimates produced by the individual States… Continue Reading
Paper – Extracting, Transforming and Archiving Scientific Data
Extracting, Transforming and Archiving Scientific Data – Daniel Lemire1 and Andre Vellino, National Research Council of Canada, August 23, 2011. Fourth Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries, 2011 “It is becoming common to archive research datasets that are not only large but also numerous. In addition, their corresponding metadata and the software required to analyse… Continue Reading
Charting International Labor Comparisons (2011 Edition)
Charting International Labor Comparisons (2011 Edition) “The BLS 2011 edition of Charting International Labor Comparisons features 2009 data, as well as trends over time, for the main indicators published by ILC: gross domestic product, labor force, manufacturing hourly compensation costs and productivity, and consumer prices. To increase country and indicator coverage, data from other organizations… Continue Reading
Speech by Fed Chair Bernanke on near- and longer-term prospects for U.S. economy
The Near- and Longer-Term Prospects for the U.S. Economy, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 26, 2011 “There have been some positive developments over the past few years, particularly when considered in the light of economic prospects as viewed at the depth of… Continue Reading
Shared National Credits Program 2011 Review
Shared National Credits Program 2011 Review, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,August 2011 “The interagency Shared National Credits (SNC) Review for 2011 indicates that credit quality improved for the second consecutive year for large corporate loans and loan commitments held by U.S. bank organizations, foreign bank organizations (FBO), and nonbanks, such as securitization… Continue Reading
New Government Accountability Website Launched – Performance.gov
“Performance.gov is a central website that provides a window on the Administrations efforts to deliver a more effective, smarter, and leaner government. The site gives the public, government agencies, Members of Congress, the media, and others a view of the progress underway in cutting waste, streamlining government, and improving performance. Performance.gov advances the commitment in… Continue Reading
Pew – Hispanic College Enrollment Spikes, Narrowing Gaps with Other Groups
24% Growth from 2009 to 2010 – Hispanic College Enrollment Spikes, Narrowing Gaps with Other Groups, by Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center “Driven by a single-year surge of 24% in Hispanic enrollment, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college in the United States hit an all-time high of 12.2 million in… Continue Reading
