Student Loan Debt as of July 2012: “Student loan debt is the only form of consumer debt that has grown since the peak of consumer debt in 2008. Balances of student loans have eclipsed both auto loans and credit cards, making student loan debt the largest form of consumer debt outside of mortgages.”
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Daily Archives: July 17, 2012
New GAO Reports – Securing the Electricity Grid, Concealed Carry Permits, Mortgage, Student Visitors Program
Cybersecurity Challenges in Securing the Electricity Grid, GAO-12-926T, July 17, 2012 Gun Control – States’ Laws and Requirements for Concealed Carry Permits Vary across the Nation, GAO-12-717, July 17, 2012 Mortgage Foreclosures – Regulatory Oversight of Compliance with Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Has Been Limited, GAO-12-700, July 17, 2012 Student and Exchange Visitor Program –… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve – Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, July 2012 “The pace of economic recovery appears to have slowed during the first half of this year, with real gross domestic product (GDP) likely having risen at only a modest pace. In the labor market, the rate of job gains has diminished recently, and, following a period… Continue Reading
Pew – YouTube & News: A New Kind of Visual News
“News is becoming a major part of what Americans watch on YouTube. In the last 15 months, a third of the most searched terms on the video sharing site were news related. A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism explores the character of news on YouTubewhat kinds of stories people access, who… Continue Reading
New UNODC campaign highlights transnational organized crime as a US$870 billion a year business
News release: “UNODC today launched a new global awareness-raising campaign emphasizing the size and cost of transnational organized crime. Profiling this multibillion-dollar-a-year threat to peace, human security and prosperity, the campaign illustrates the key financial and social costs of this international problem through a new public service announcement video and dedicated fact sheets for journalists.” Continue Reading
