Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States Flow of Funds, Balance Sheets, and Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts Third Quarter 2015: “The net worth of households and nonprofits fell to $85.2 trillion during the third quarter of 2015. The value of directly and indirectly held corporate equities decreased $2.3 trillion and the value of real estate rose $482 billion.”
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Daily Archives: December 10, 2015
PubMed – New Filters for Creative Commons Articles
News release: “Creative Commons (CC) licenses are types of copyright licenses that allow free distribution of a work. PubMed Central (PMC), the NLM archive of full text journal articles, includes articles that have a Creative Commons license or are in the public domain. The latter covers those articles authored by staff of U.S. government agencies.… Continue Reading
Emerging Trends in Real Estate – US and Canada
PWC – Emerging Trends in Real Estate – United States and Canada 2016 Emerging Trends: “Real estate has become ever more dynamic as it adapts to a networked world. Everything is connected to everything else, so market participants cannot afford to ignore developments well beyond the property markets themselves. The major forces of globalization, technology,… Continue Reading
New Report Highlights the World’s Most Competitive Cities
“Improving the competitiveness of cities is a vital pathway to eliminating extreme poverty and promoting prosperity for a country’s citizens, a new World Bank Group report finds. Launched today, Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth: What, Who, and How analyzes 750 cities to determine what makes them competitive and how they have grown their economies.… Continue Reading
Revisions to the Standardised Approach for credit risk – second consultative document
“The second consultative document on Revisions to the Standardised Approach for credit risk forms part of the Committee’s broader review of the capital framework to balance simplicity and risk sensitivity, and to promote comparability by reducing variability in risk-weighted assets across banks and jurisdictions. These proposals differ in several ways from an initial set of… Continue Reading
Apps Permissions in the Google Play Store
Analysis of over 1 million apps in Google’s Android operating system in 2014 shows apps can seek 235 different kinds of permissions from smartphone users. The average app asks for five permissions. “Today, 68% of Americans own a smartphone of some kind and an increasing number of digital interactions occur within the context of mobile… Continue Reading
New Internet Monitor report: “Openness and Restraint: Structure, Discourse, and Contention in Saudi Twitter”
“Internet Monitor, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, is delighted to announce the publication of “Openness and Restraint: Structure, Discourse, and Contention in Saudi Twitter,” the eighth in a series of special reports that focus on key events and new developments in Internet freedom. Social, political, and religious… Continue Reading
GAO Reports – Army Corps of Engineers, Defense Transportation, Environmental Satellites, Government Efficiency and Effectiveness, Nuclear Weapons Sustainment
Army Corps of Engineers: Actions Needed to Improve Cost Sharing for Dam Safety Repairs, GAO-16-106: Published: Dec 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2015. Defense Transportation: DOD Needs to Improve the Evaluation of Safety and Performance Information for Carriers Transporting Security-Sensitive Materials, GAO-16-82: Published: Dec 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2015. Environmental Satellites: Launch… Continue Reading
Pedestrians and Cyclists: Cities, States, and DOT Are Implementing Actions to Improve Safety
Pedestrians and Cyclists: Cities, States, and DOT Are Implementing Actions to Improve Safety, GAO-16-66: Published: Nov 19, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2015. “Pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and injuries represent a growing percentage of all traffic fatalities and injuries. For example, pedestrian fatalities comprised 10.9 percent of all traffic deaths nationwide in 2004, but 14.5… Continue Reading
New Material on FRASER
“Robert Hetzel Oral History collection – Robert Hetzel, economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, conducted interviews with economic and monetary policymakers from 1994 to 2003. These interviews provide insight into the personalities and motivations of policymakers. Both audio and transcripts are available. Educational lessons using primary source material in FRASER. Our economic education… Continue Reading
