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Daily Archives: September 3, 2014
Report on supervisory colleges for financial conglomerates
“The Joint Forum has today released its report on supervisory colleges for financial conglomerates. The report, the result of a recent self-assessment survey of Joint Forum members, presents findings on how far cross-sectoral issues, and specific questions related to financial conglomerates, are effectively addressed within supervisory colleges. This stocktaking exercise also provides information on the implementation of the… Continue Reading
Forecast Rationality Tests in the Presence of Instabilities
Forecast Rationality Tests in the Presence of Instabilities, With Applications to Federal Reserve and Survey Forecasts. Barbara Rossi and Tatevik Sekhposyany. June 8, 2014. Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional. “This paper proposes a framework to implement regression-based tests of predictive ability in unstable environments, including, in particular, forecast unbiasedness and efficiency tests, commonly referred to as tests of forecast rationality. Our… Continue Reading
Bicyclist safety must be a priority – Report
Findings from a year of fatality tracking, May 2014. Every Bicyclist Counts – A memorial to the cyclists by the League of American Bicyclists. “From February 2011 to February 2013 we proactively gathered information for Every Bicyclist Counts from monitoring media and public outreach. We captured 628 fatalities overall and 552 in 2012 alone. In 2012, FARS… Continue Reading
Google – Making of Maps: Reaching a milestone
Google Official Blog: “When you head out your door, you’ve got directions in your pocket—whether you’re driving to your aunt’s place in the mountains, cycling to a new biergarten or taking the train downtown. For Google Maps to get you there, it needs to be a digital mirror of the real world. But the real… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board Beige Book – September 3, 2014
Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District – Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and based on information collected on or before August 22, 2014. This document summarizes comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the views of Federal Reserve… Continue Reading
Report – America’s Young Adults 2014
“The well-being of young adults in the United States today remains an area of key interest to the public and policy-makers alike. This age group faces the well-known challenges of achieving financial and social independence while forming their own households at a time of greater economic uncertainty than in the past. Better understanding of the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – OPM Federal Classification System, Medicare Advantage, VA Dialysis Pilot, Export-Import Bank
HUMAN CAPITAL: OPM Needs to Improve the Design, Management, and Oversight of the Federal Classification System, GAO-14-677: Published: Jul 31, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 2, 2014.”GAO’s analysis of subject matter specialists’ comments, related literature, and interviews with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials identified a number of important characteristics for a modern, effective classification system, which GAO consolidated… Continue Reading
