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Daily Archives: October 2, 2012
Dealing with financial systemic risk: the contribution of macroprudential policies
Dealing with financial systemic risk: the contribution of macroprudential policies. Panel remarks by Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, Central Bank of Turkey/G20 Conference on “Financial systemic risk”, Istanbul, 27-28 September 2012. “There are important two-way interactions between macroprudential policy and other areas of public policy. These interactions put a premium… Continue Reading
Currency intervention and the global portfolio balance effect: Japanese lessons
Currency intervention and the global portfolio balance effect: Japanese lessons, by Petra Gerlach-Kristen, Robert N. McCauley and Kazuo Ueda, Working Papers No 389, October 2012 “This paper shows that the Japanese foreign exchange interventions in 2003/04 seem to have lowered long-term interest rates in a wide range of countries, including Japan. It seems that this… Continue Reading
CBO – The 2012 Long-Term Projections for Social Security
The 2012 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information “Outlays for Social Security totaled a little under $800 billion in fiscal year 2012, equal to about 5 percent of gross domestic product and one-fifth of federal spending. Of the 56 million people who currently receive Social Security benefits, about 70 percent are retired workers or… Continue Reading
Government Agency Consortium Launches FOIAonline
“FOIAonline is a tool that allows both the public and agency staff to make, monitor, and manage FOIA requests from a single website. Requesters may choose to submit requests and file appeals by registering for an account. This will also allow requesters to track progress and communicate directly with agency staff. Prior to making a… Continue Reading
Losing My Revolution: How Many Resources Shared on Social Media Have Been Lost?
Losing My Revolution – How Many Resources Shared on Social Media Have Been Lost? Hany M. SalahEldeen and Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University, Department of Computer Science. September 13, 2012 “Social media content has grown exponentially in the recent years and the role of social media has evolved from just narrating life events to… Continue Reading
Pew – A Record 24 Million Latinos Are Eligible to Vote
A Record 24 Million Latinos Are Eligible to Vote, But Turnout Rate Has Lagged That of Whites, Blacks “A record 23.7 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the 2012 presidential election, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. This is up… Continue Reading
Health Status, Health Insurance, and Medical Services Utilization: 2010
Census – Health Status, Health Insurance, and Medical Services Utilization: 2010. Current Population Reports by Brett OHara and Kyle Caswell, Issued October 2012 “The national health spending for Americans has increased in recent years and is projected to continue on a rapid growth trajectory. This phenomenon is subject to the interplay of many forces, both… Continue Reading
Level 2 assessments of European Union, Japan and United States on implementation of capital standards
“The objective of the Level 2 assessments is to ensure compliance of Basel Committee members’ domestic regulations with the international minimum requirements agreed by the Basel Committee. This process will promote full and consistent implementation of Basel III by (i) identifying domestic regulations and provisions that are not consistent with the rules agreed by the… Continue Reading
World Development Report 2013: Jobs
World Bank. 2012. World Development Report 2013: Jobs. Washington, DC: World Bank. DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9575-2. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0. “Today, jobs are a critical concern across the globefor policy makers, the business community, and the billions of men and women striving to provide for their families. As the world struggles to emerge from… Continue Reading
Green Carbon, Black Trade: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the Worlds Tropical Forests
“This report Green Carbon, Black Trade by UNEP and INTERPOL focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of the poorest people in the world set aside the environmental damage. It underlines how criminals are combining old fashioned methods such as bribes with high tech methods… Continue Reading
