News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed or slightly higher in July 2012. Forty-four states recorded unemployment rate increases, two states and the District of Columbia posted rate decreases, and four states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia registered… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Paper – Booms and Systemic Banking Crises
Boissay, Frédéric, Collard, Fabrice and Smets, Frank, Booms and Systemic Banking Crises (August 15, 2012). Available at SSRN: “The empirical literature on systemic banking crises (SBCs) has shown that SBCs are rare events that break out in the midst of credit intensive booms and bring about particularly deep and long-lasting recessions. We attempt to explain… Continue Reading
comScore Releases July 2012 U.S. Online Video Rankings
News release: “comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world, released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that more than 184 million U.S. Internet users watched 36.9 billion online content videos in July, while video ad views totaled 9.6 billion. Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers: “Google Sites, driven primarily… Continue Reading
CBP Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: CBP Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights – October 2012 “Stopping the flow of fake goods is a priority for the U.S. government. U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security, has a multi-layered approach to IPR enforcement that includes… Continue Reading
Deloitte: How America can regain global leadership in manufacturing
“Manufacturing is experiencing a crisis of confidence in the United States. Americans view the manufacturing sector in the U.S. as fragile and unstable. They are concerned about the long-term stability of manufacturing employment and fear that manufacturing jobs will inevitably be moved to workers in other countries. Despite these fears, Americans remain steadfast in their… Continue Reading
Report – current rate of ageing in EU economically unsustainable
“The current rate of ageing in the European Union is economically unsustainable. This is the main policy message from the LEPAS collaborative project (Long-run Economic Perspectives on an Ageing Society), carried out throughout the last three years by researchers from Spain, Denmark, Germany and Austria. This EU-funded research has tackled the urgent need to better… Continue Reading
Report – Executive compensation tax deductions cost Treasury $30.4 billion over 2007-10
“A new EPI report, Taxes and executive compensation, by Temple University accounting professor Steven Balsam, provides estimates of the tax deductions and lost tax revenue associated with the executive compensation of publicly-held companies. The graph shows that tax-deductible executive compensation cost the federal treasury $30.4 billion over the years 20072010; $16.6 billion from performance-based compensation… Continue Reading
U.S. Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis Strategic Direction 2012-2015
U.S. Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) Strategic Direction 2012-2015 “OIAs intelligence analysis has been critical to Treasury efforts to stem the flow of funding to terrorist groups and disrupt weapons proliferation and other illicit networks around the world. Drawing on OIAs analytic expertise, Treasury has designated multiple individuals and organizations for providing support… Continue Reading
Performance.gov provides a window on the Obama Administration's approach to improving performance and accountability
“Performance.gov is a window to 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. Specifically, Performance.gov provides information on the following areas of focus:… Continue Reading
Treasury – Update on Wall Street Reform
“Treasury and the independent regulators have made meaningful progress implementing the law, which is vital to restoring trust in the underlying safety, stability, and integrity of the financial system, and to rebuilding a pro-growth, pro-investment environment. To outline the progress made, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has developed an overview of where reform stands… Continue Reading
Reconciling Krugman and Keen using nef model
Reconciling Krugman and Keen – An analysis of the relation between debt and aggregate demand using nef model, Emanuele Campiglio, Giovanni Bernardo, New Economics Foundation London July 23, 2012 “In this presentation we use nef macroeconomic model to clarify Keens analysis. We do so by explicitly identifying two different variables: 1. Realized expenditures (ER); 2.… Continue Reading
Report – The increasing reliance of the EU on fish from elsewhere
“European Union (EU) fish stocks are in an unprecedentedly poor state yet fish consumption throughout Europe remains high. The EU has been able to maintain and even expand its levels of consumption by sourcing fish from other regions of the world, both through the catches of its distant-water fleet and imports. This report highlights Europes… Continue Reading
