“Helping existing small businesses scale offers enormous, and largely untapped, potential in creating new jobs and generating economic development in the United States—this according to a new report, The State of Small Business in America (pdf) issued by Babson College. “This Babson Small Business report shows that we all benefit if we are able to foster… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2016
The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2013
“In 2013, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s estimates, average household market income—a comprehensive income measure that consists of labor income, business income, capital income (including capital gains), and retirement income—was approximately $86,000. Government transfers, which include benefits from programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance, averaged approximately $14,000 per household. The sum… Continue Reading
e360 digest Sea Ice in Arctic Hits New Record Low
“Sea ice extent in the Arctic hit a new record spring low last month, measuring 537,000 square miles below average — an area twice the size of Texas, the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced this week. Last month’s Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest May sea ice measurement since satellite monitoring began… Continue Reading
PubHub from Bing – portal for news publishers to submit their sites
Bing Blog: “In the era of push notifications and shared posts, publishers face constant pressure to get their content discovered and in front of as many readers as possible. To support the publishing community in a way that delivers on our users’ needs, we are launching the Bing News PubHub, a portal that enables more… Continue Reading
Big Data and the recency bias
Via BBC – Tom Chatfield 5 June 2016 – “You may be familiar with the statistic that 90% of the world’s data was created in the last few years. It’s true. One of the first mentions of this particular formulation I can find dates back to May 2013, but the trend remains remarkably constant. Indeed,… Continue Reading
E-Stats 2014 Report: Measuring the Electronic Economy
“This report summarizes 2014 e-commerce statistics on shipments, sales and revenues from four sectors of the economy: manufacturing, wholesale, services and retail. The report and tables can be found on the U.S. Census Bureau’s website at www.census.gov/econ/estats/.” Continue Reading
Distribution of Performance Ratings Across the Federal Government, 2013
Federal Workforce: Distribution of Performance Ratings Across the Federal Government, 2013, GAO-16-520R: Published: May 9, 2016. Publicly Released: Jun 8, 2016. “In calendar year 2013 (the most recent data available at the time of our review), of approximately 1.2 million permanent, non-Senior Executive Service (SES) employees at the 24 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act agencies,… Continue Reading
Pew British crave more autonomy from EU as Brexit vote nears
“The United Kingdom may soon become the first country to leave the European Union, pending the results of a June 23 referendum. As the vote nears, a new Pew Research Center survey highlights a key British complaint about the EU: Nearly two-thirds of Britons say they want the EU to return certain powers to national… Continue Reading
Latinos Increasingly Confident in Personal Finances, See Better Economic Times Ahead
Pew – “Latinos have become considerably more upbeat about their personal finances and optimistic about their financial future since the Great Recession, according to newly released results from a national survey of Latino adults. The survey also shows that Latinos have pulled even with the general U.S. population in their views of their personal finances… Continue Reading
Chronicle of Higher Education Title IX tracker
Sara Lipka June 02, 2016 – “Several years into a heated national discussion of campus sexual assault, there’s still not much consensus on what will signal progress. One of the most active fronts is federal enforcement: Under the gender-equity law known as Title IX, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is now investigating 192… Continue Reading
OECD Economic Outlook Volume 2016 Issue 1
“The OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD’s twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, prices, fiscal and current account balances.” Continue Reading
Is Health Insurance Good for Your Financial Health?
Federal Reserve New York: Is Health Insurance Good for Your Financial Health? – “In this blog post, we discuss the results of a research project that examines the effect of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion on personal financial indicators. We find suggestive evidence that after the implementation of the ACA in the first quarter… Continue Reading
