H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States [from this link you may view chart and choose data download options] – last released Friday, December 23, 2011 Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
DOD Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2010-2011
Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2010-2011, Report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, released December 27, 2011 “While a number of challenges remain, the Department believes the greatest… Continue Reading
CRS – U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress, Paul K. Kerr, Analyst in Nonproliferation, December 15, 2011 “India, which has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and does not have International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on all of its nuclear material, exploded a peaceful nuclear device in 1974, convincing the world of the need for… Continue Reading
Draft Report: Enhancing Personnel Reliability among Individuals with Access to Select Agents
Enhancing Personnel Reliability among Individuals with Access to Select Agents, Report of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), December 2011 “Scientific research on highly pathogenic microorganisms and toxins underpins our ability to successfully combat infectious diseases affecting humans, animals and plants, and enables the development of effective countermeasures against bioterrorism threats. An in-depth… Continue Reading
Model Laws for a Safer America: Seven Regulations to Promote Responsible Gun Ownership and Sales
“Model Laws for a Safer America is designed for use by activists and elected officials nationwide seeking to close dangerous loopholes in our federal regulatory system. This unique publication provides sample language for state and local laws to: 1) require background checks on all gun purchasers; 2) license firearm owners; 3) register all firearms; 4)… Continue Reading
Journal Article: Booms, Busts, and Divorce
Booms, Busts, and Divorce, Judith K. Hellerstein and Melinda Sandler Morrill (2011), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 11: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 54. “For almost a century, anecdotes have suggested that divorce rates decline during recessions. However, until very recently there has been surprisingly little formal empirical evidence on whether such… Continue Reading
"ViewPoint" Examines National, Regional Banking Trends
“ViewPoint, the quarterly report from the Atlanta Fed’s supervision and regulation division, presents the most recent data about banking conditions in the Southeast and nationally. This quarter’s report in Financial Update includes information about small business lending, real estate lending, earnings performance, liquidity, and more.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
Healthy People.gov – Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020
“Healthy People 2020 provides a comprehensive set of 10-year, national goals and objectives for improving the health of all Americans. Healthy People 2020 contains 42 topic areas with nearly 600 objectives (with others still evolving), which encompass 1,200 measures. A smaller set of Healthy People 2020 objectives, called Leading Health Indicators, has been selected to… Continue Reading
BJS: Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008
Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008 – Annual Rates for 2009 and 2010. Alexia Cooper and Erica L. Smith, BJS Statisticians “The nations homicide rate fell to 4.8 homicides per 100,000 U.S. residents in 2010, its lowest level in four decades, the Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today. Much of the decline was in… Continue Reading
OECD Economic Surveys – Israel, December 2011
OECD Economic Surveys – Israel, December 2011 “Israels economy passed through the 2008-09 global downturn in relatively good shape but is now suffering alongside others from the continuing effects of the renewed global crisis, and geopolitical tensions have increased. So far there have been no major failures in the financial sector or need for any… Continue Reading
DOJ Reaches $335 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by Countrywide
News release, December 21, 2011: “The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008. The settlement provides… Continue Reading
World Giving Index 2011 – A global view of giving trends
“This is the second edition of the World Giving Index, the largest study into charitable behaviour across the globe involving 153 countries in total. Using data from Gallup’s Worldview World Poll, the report is based on three measures of giving behaviour – giving money, volunteering time and helping a stranger. The results show that the… Continue Reading
