Revisions to the Basel Securitisation Framework – consultative document, December 2012 “The performance of securitisation exposures and the central role they played during the recent financial crisis were a key motivation for the Basel Committee to perform a broader review of its securitisation framework for regulatory capital requirements. The Committee’s objectives are to make capital… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Papers presented at the BIS 11th Annual Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland
The papers presented at the BIS 11th Annual Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland on 21-22 June 2012 are released as BIS Working Papers 397 to 400: Financial Globalisation and the Crisis, BIS Working Papers No 397, by Philip R. Lane, Comments by Dani Rodrik The great leveraging, BIS Working Papers No 398, by Alan M. Taylor,… Continue Reading
The future of financial globalisation
The future of financial globalisation, by Stephen G Cecchetti, Amartya Sen, Jaime Caruana, Ravi Menon and José Dario Uribe. BIS Papers No 69. December 2012 “The BIS 11th Annual Conference took place in Lucerne, Switzerland on 21-22 June 2012. The event brought together senior representatives of central banks and academic institutions, who exchanged views on… Continue Reading
Why do firms issue abroad? Lessons from onshore and offshore corporate bond finance in Asian emerging markets
Why do firms issue abroad? Lessons from onshore and offshore corporate bond finance in Asian emerging markets, by Paul Mizen, Frank Packer, Eli M Remolona and Serafeim Tsouka. Working Papers No 401, December 2012 “Corporate bond issuers in emerging economies in Asia have often had a choice between an onshore market and an offshore one.… Continue Reading
Pew – A Bipartisan Nation of Beneficiaries
A Bipartisan Nation of Beneficiaries, by Rich Morin, Paul Taylor and Eileen Patten “As President Barack Obama negotiates with Republicans in Congress over federal entitlement spending, a new national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of Americans (55%) have received government benefits from at least one of the six best-known federal… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Defense Contracting, Dodd-Frank Act
Defense Contracting – DOD Initiative to Address Audit Backlog Shows Promise, but Additional Management Attention Needed to Close Aging Contracts, GAO-13-131, Dec 18, 2012: “DOD has a large volume of contracts that have not been closed on time. Closing a contract includes tasks such as verifying that the goods and services were provided and making… Continue Reading
Work Experience of the Population – 2011
News release: “A total of 153.5 million persons worked at some point during 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion of the civilian non institutional population age 16 and over who worked at some time during 2011 was 63.3 percent, down from 63.7 percent in 2010. The number of persons who… Continue Reading
FDIC Community Banking Study
“The FDIC’s Community Banking Study is a data-driven effort to identify and explore issues and questions about community banks. This study is intended to be foundational, providing a platform for future research and analysis by the FDIC and other interested parties.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
Coals share of global energy mix to continue rising
News release: “Coals share of the global energy mix continues to rise, and by 2017 coal will come close to surpassing oil as the worlds top energy source, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today as it released its annual Medium-Term Coal Market Report (MCMR). Although the growth rate of coal slows from the breakneck… Continue Reading
Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population
“The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80%. This shift is happening for two reasons: people are living… Continue Reading
Study – Nonvoters in America 2012
“In 2012, 40 percent of Americans didnt vote. The research on this website is an attempt to determine why so many citizens opt out of this fundamental civic duty, using extensive survey research as well as interviews with nonvoters to give a voice to those who are often ignored or marginalized by politicians and the… Continue Reading
The Future of Scientific Knowledge Discovery in Open Networked Environments
“Digital technologies and networks are now part of everyday work in the sciences, and have enhanced access to and use of scientific data, information, and literature significantly. They offer the promise of accelerating the discovery and communication of knowledge, both within the scientific community and in the broader society, as scientific data and information are… Continue Reading
