Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Annual Monetary/Macroeconomics Conference: The Past and Future of Monetary Policy, sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, California March 1, 2013 – Long-Term Interest Rates “In my comments, I will delve more deeply into the reasons why these long-term interest rates have fallen so low. This… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines, November 2012
Search Quality Rating Guidelines, November 2012 “Google relies on raters, working in countries and languages around the world, to help us measure the quality of our search results, ranking, and search experience. These raters perform a variety of different kinds of rating tasks designed to give us information about the quality of different kinds of… Continue Reading
NY Fed – The Implementation of Current Asset Purchases
The Implementation of Current Asset Purchases. March 1, 2013. Simon Potter, Executive Vice President. Remarks at the Annual Meeting with Primary Dealers, New York City “The Federal Reserves asset purchase programs were designed to remove risk from the portfolios of private investors. For example, Treasury and agency MBS purchases remove duration risk, thereby lowering longer-term… Continue Reading
National Pipeline Mapping System
The NPMS Public Map Viewer enables the user to view National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) data one county at a time. NPMS data consists of gas transmission pipelines and hazardous liquid trunklines. It does not contain gathering or distribution pipelines, such as lines which deliver gas to a customer’s home. Therefore, not all pipelines in… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Presidential Appointments, End-Stage Renal Disease, Export Promotion
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Fees – Major Changes Needed to Align Fee Revenues with Program Costs, GAO-13-268, Mar 1, 2013 Government Operations – Characteristics of Presidential Appointments that do not Require Senate Confirmation, GAO-13-299R, Mar 1, 2013 End-Stage Renal Disease – CMS Should Improve Design and Strengthen Monitoring of Low-Volume Adjustment, GAO-13-287, Mar 1, 2013 Export… Continue Reading
The U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate and the Demand for Oil
De Schryder, Selien and Peersman, Gert, The U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate and the Demand for Oil (February 27, 2013). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4126. Available at SSRN. “Using recent advances in panel data estimation techniques, we find that an appreciation of the US dollar exchange rate leads to a significant decline in oil demand… Continue Reading
New Data Shows 29 States Hit Record Export Levels In 2012
New release: “U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced new state export data that shows 29 states set new records for export sales in 2012. In total, 35 states achieved merchandise export growth in 2012, and 20 of those states experienced growth of at least five percent or more. Total merchandise exports from… Continue Reading
How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms
How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms, by Kristen Purcell, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda Friedrich, Feb 28, 2013 “A survey of teachers who instruct American middle and secondary school students finds that digital technologies have become central to their teaching and professionalization. At the same time, the internet, mobile phones,… Continue Reading
