Data brief: “The U.S. automobile industry can be viewed as both a barometer and beneficiary of American growth and economic achievement. Supporting that view is the fact that the automobile industry affects industries that manufacture steel, glass, plastics, and rubber, as well as those that refine and sell gasoline, build roads, and maintain, repair, and sell motor vehicles. Motor vehicles also affect our daily lives. In 2010, on an average day, 67.6 percent of the civilian noninstitutional population aged 15 and over drove; those who drove spent on average 1 hour and 18 minutes driving.”
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Daily Archives: October 30, 2011
Tax Foundation: Income Declines for Top Earners, While Effective Tax Rates Creep Up
News release: “Washington, DC, October 24, 2011 – The income earned by the top 1% of Americans has declined for the second year in a row while their average tax rate has increased, according to a new Tax Foundation study. The average federal tax rate for those reporting at least $343,927 in income has increased… Continue Reading
Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012
News release: “Faced with the end of stimulus money and a continuing weak economy, Medicaid officials in virtually every state are enacting a variety of cost cutting measures as states spending for Medicaid is projected to increase 28.7 percent this fiscal year to make up for the loss of federal funds, according to a new… Continue Reading
Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study
“The most important indicator of global warming, by far, is the land and sea surface temperature record. This has been criticized in several ways, including the choice of stations and the methods for correcting systematic errors. The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study sets out to to do a new analysis of the surface temperature record… Continue Reading
2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey – Preliminary Microdata
2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey – Preliminary Microdata, October 28, 2011 See also Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook, October 12, 2011: “EIA projects average household heating expenditures for natural gas, propane, and heating oil will increase by 3 percent, 7 percent, and 8 percent, respectively, this winter (October 1 to March 31) compared with… Continue Reading
Links in the chain: Global carbon emissions and consumption
News release: “It is difficult to measure accurately each nations contribution of carbon dioxide to the Earths atmosphere. Carbon is extracted out of the ground as coal, gas, and oil, and these fuels are often exported to other countries where they are burned to generate the energy that is used to make products. In turn,… Continue Reading
Privacy and Security in the Implementation of Health Information Technology: U.S. and EU Compared
Privacy and Security in the Implementation of Health Information Technology (Electronic Health Records): U.S. and EU Compared, B.U. J. SCI. & TECH. L., Vol. 17, Winter 2011. “The importance of the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and the associated cost savings cannot be ignored as an element in the changing delivery of health care.… Continue Reading
GDP and the Economy Third Estimates, Second Quarter of 2011
BEA: GDP and the Economy – Third Estimates for the Second Quarter of 2011, October 2011. “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011, according to the third estimates of the national income and product accounts (NIPAs). The third estimate of real GDP growth was revised up 0.3 percentage… Continue Reading
Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Bailout Guarantees for Government Sponsored Enterprises
Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Bailout Guarantees for Government Sponsored Enterprises. Karsten Jeske, Dirk Krueger, Kurt Mitman, October 12, 2011. “This paper evaluates the macroeconomic and distributional effects of government bailout guarantees for Government Sponsored Enterprises (such as Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac) in the mortgage market. In order to do so we… Continue Reading
