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Global Trade Imbalances (open access)

Global Trade Imbalances

This report discusses the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) July 2018 report on global trade imbalances that identifies countries with "excessive" current account balances and exchange rates that are "misaligned." The current account is a broad measure of a country's global economic engagement and is comprised of trade in goods, services, and official flows.
Date: September 28, 2018
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Sudan's Civil War: Nearly 400,000 Estimated Dead (open access)

South Sudan's Civil War: Nearly 400,000 Estimated Dead

This report discusses the impact of the civil war in South Sudan, which has been ongoing since December 2013.
Date: September 28, 2018
Creator: Blanchard, Lauren Ploch
System: The UNT Digital Library
Escalating Tariffs: Potential Impacts (open access)

Escalating Tariffs: Potential Impacts

This report examines the potential impacts of U.S. trade actions on steel and aluminium tariffs and tariffs against China.
Date: September 24, 2018
Creator: Williams, Brock R.; Morrison, Wayne M. & Hammond, Keigh E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Filing of Senate Campaign Finance Reports (open access)

Electronic Filing of Senate Campaign Finance Reports

This report discusses recent changes in campaign finance reporting requirements for Senate candidates.
Date: September 21, 2018
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
System: The UNT Digital Library
NAFTA and the Preliminary U.S.-Mexico Agreement (open access)

NAFTA and the Preliminary U.S.-Mexico Agreement

This report outlines the key provisions of the agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that is set to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Date: September 19, 2018
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Fergusson, Ian F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Florence: Brief Overview of FEMA Programs and Resources (open access)

Hurricane Florence: Brief Overview of FEMA Programs and Resources

This report provides a brief overview of emergency and major disaster declarations relevant to Hurricane Florence, and selected federal resources and links to CRS products related to emergency and disaster declarations, disaster response, and recovery.
Date: September 13, 2018
Creator: Reese, Shawn; Lindsay, Bruce R.; Brown, Jared T.; Horn, Diane P. & Painter, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Confirmation Votes on U.S. Supreme Court Nominations: Overview (open access)

Senate Confirmation Votes on U.S. Supreme Court Nominations: Overview

This report provides an overview of several issues related to final confirmation votes by the Senate on Supreme Court nominations.
Date: September 13, 2018
Creator: McMillion, Barry J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations for the Department of Energy (open access)

Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations for the Department of Energy

This report discusses the President's FY2019 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE), funding proposed in the request, funding proposed by the conference committee, and key changes.
Date: September 12, 2018
Creator: Clark, Corrie E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Reinsurance, and Catastrophe Bonds (open access)

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Reinsurance, and Catastrophe Bonds

This report discusses the use of reinsurance to transfer some of the risk of an insurance policy from the primary insurer to a secondary insurer, and the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) decision to use reinsurance through the issuance of catastrophe bonds (which pay out when a particular type of disaster set out in the bond agreement occurs) by the secondary private insurers.
Date: September 11, 2018
Creator: Horn, Diane P. & Webel, Baird
System: The UNT Digital Library