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Daily Archives: October 28, 2012
BEA – Personal income and outlays September 2012
Full news release and tables: “Personal income increased $48.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $43.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $87.9 billion, or 0.8 percent. In August, personal income increased $17.8 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased… Continue Reading
National Economic Trends October 2012
National Economic Trends October 2012 – “This publication contains charts and tables compiled by the Data Desk staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The data are related to the state of the U.S. economy: output, inflation, labor markets, interest rates, government budgets, international trade, and more.” Related postings on the financial system Continue Reading
NOAA – StormCentral 2012
NOAA – Latest news on Sandy Latest advisories from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center Satellite image Rainfall forecast graphics Tide and water level predictions NOAAs QuickLook report NOAA National Weather Service news Continue Reading
Unemployment Insurance: Payments, Overpayments and Unclaimed Benefits
Unemployment Insurance: Payments, Overpayments and Unclaimed Benefits, By David L. Fuller, B. Ravikumar and Yuzhe Zhang. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Overpayments in the U.S. unemployment insurance system have received increasing attention of late. For example, CNN.com cited a recent study by the Department of Labor in reporting that 11 percent of all unemployment… Continue Reading
Google Maps and Updates – Hurricane Sandy: NYC
Hurricane Sandy: NYC – “Sandy is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge flooding to the mid-Atlantic coast, Monday evening and into Tuesday. Latest alerts, NYC Emergency Mgmt City of New York on Twitter NYC Emergency Mgmt on Facebook WNYC Transit Tracker National Hurricane Center advisories ready.gov: Preparing for a hurricane Continue Reading
Monetary Trends October 2012
Monetary Trends October 2012. “This publication contains charts and tables compiled by the Data Desk staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The data are related to U.S. monetary and financial conditions, with an emphasis on various measures of the monetary policy stance.” Related postings on the financial system Continue Reading
The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods: A Review of the Evidence
The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods: A Review of the Evidence. Cunrui Huang, Wenjun Ma, Susan Stack. Mayo Clinic Proceedings – August 2012 (Vol. 87, Issue 8, Pages 791-798, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.02.019) “The transmission of bacteria is more likely to occur from wet skin than from dry skin; therefore, the proper drying of hands after… Continue Reading
Infographic – Gender income inequality by state and count
Chris Kirk: “Methodology: The maps show the ratio between the median income of women and the median income of men, among men and women employed in 2010, for each state or county, as estimated in the Census Bureaus 2010 American Community Survey five-year estimates.” Continue Reading
Fuel for Thought: The Economic Benefits of Oil Sands Investment for Canadas Regions
Fuel for Thought: The Economic Benefits of Oil Sands Investment for Canadas Regions aims to improve our understanding of how Canadas regions will benefit from the tremendous economic opportunities that oil sands investment presents. It examines the supply chain linkages between Alberta and the rest of the country; the income effects associated with people spending… Continue Reading
BEA – GDP Growth Picks up in Third Quarter
Report – “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2012 after increasing 1.3 percent in the second quarter, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Bureau emphasized that the third-quarter advance estimate released (October 26, 2012)is based on source data that are incomplete or… Continue Reading
