U.S. Federal Documents Covering the Economy

The following list of documents covering the economy for the week ending October 10 was compiled by Basil Tilmon of Gallerywatch. We appreciate his efforts:

Letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller From Reps. Mark Kirk and Chris Carney

Letter Expresses a Need for More Resources to Investigate Corporate Fraud
Interim Final Rule: Deposit Insurance Regulations, Temporary Increase in Standard Coverage Amount, Mortgage Servicing Accounts (PDF 128 KB)

Rule as Adopted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Oct. 10, 2008
Notice to Address Amended Returns for Hurricane-Related Casualty Losses and Subsquent Grants Reimbursing Such Losses (PDF 24 KB)

Guidance Prepared by the Internal Revenue Service
Report: Financial Turmoil: Comparing the Troubled Asset Relief Program to the Federal Reserve’s Response (PDF 96 KB)

Prepared by the Congressional Research Service
Report: Progress Update on March Policy Statement on Financial Market Developments

Prepared by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Department of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Fact Sheet: President’s Working Group Issues Fourth Quarter Policy Statement Update

Released by the Department of the Treasury
Report: Wildlife Watching in the U.S.: The Economic Impacts on National and State Economies in 2006 (PDF 610 KB)

Prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Letter to Shareholders From AIG Chairman and CEO Edward Liddy (PDF 156 KB)

Letter Regarding the Sale of Stock to the Federal Reserve Bank
Remarks Delivered by World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at the Opening of the Annual Meetings on Oct. 9, 2008
Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson From AIG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy (PDF 48 KB)

Letter Seeks to Explain a Trip Made to a Resort by Several AIG Employees Following Government Intervention
Release: FHFA Announces Suspension of Capital Classifications During Conservatorship (PDF 64 KB)

Prepared by the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Remarks Delivered by Under Secretary of the Treasury David McCormick

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at a News Conference on Oct. 8, 2008
Remarks Delivered by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at a News Conference on Oct. 8, 2008
Interim Rule: Affordable Housing Program Amendments – Federal Home Loan Bank Mortgage Refinancing Authority (PDF 840 KB)

Affordable Housing Program Rule as Ordered Printed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Oct. 8, 2008
Report: Examining the Causes of the Credit Crisis of 2008 (PDF 148 KB)

Prepared by the Minority Staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Letter to President Bush From Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (PDF 452 KB)

Letter Urges the Department of Treasury to Aid Small Businesses, Universities, Students and Municipalities Already Feeling the Damaging Effects of the Credit Crisis
Fact Sheet: Shared National Credits Program Reports Large Increase in Credit Volume and Significant Deterioration in Credit Quality (PDF 120 KB)

Prepared by the Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Remarks Delivered by President Bush Regarding the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

Remarks as Delivered at Guernsey Office Products, Inc. on Oct. 7, 2008
Report: Consumer Credit for August 2008 (PDF 20 KB)

Federal Reserve Report Indicates the First Decline in Consumer Credit in Ten Years
Speech Delivered by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Before the National Association for Business Economics 50th Annual Meeting on Oct. 7, 2008
Report: Government Policy Blunders Largely Caused the Global Financial Crisis (PDF 44 KB)

Prepared by the Minority Staff of the Joint Economic Committee
Memorandum to the FDIC Board of Directors From Director Sandra Thompson (PDF 168 KB)

Memorandum Titled, “Interagency Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Capital Treatment of Certain Claims on or Guaranteed By, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac”

Proposed Rule to Revise Deposit Insurance Assesment Rates (PDF 636 KB)

Rule as Adopted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Oct. 7, 2008
Memorandum to the FDIC Board of Directors From Division of Insurance and Research Director Arthur Murton (PDF 736 KB)

Memorandum Titled, “Restoration Plan, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Risk-Based Assessments and the Designated Reserve Ratio for 2009”

Memorandum to the Office of House Minority Leader John Boehner From House Financial Services Republican Staff (PDF 108 KB)

Memorandum Regarding Republican Alternatives to the Market Recovery Legislation
Documents Regarding the Government Intervention Into AIG – Part Two (PDF 6.5 MB)

Documents Released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Oct. 7, 2008
Documents Regarding the Government Intervention Into AIG – Part One (PDF 4.0 MB)

Documents Released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Oct. 7, 2008
Report: U.S. Capital Spending Patterns, 1999-2006 (PDF 508 KB)

Prepared by the Census Bureau
Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) Terms and Conditions (PDF 57 KB)

Prepared by the Federal Reserve System
Oral Testimony of Luigi Zingales Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (PDF 37.5 KB)

Testimony Provided to the Committee During a Hearing Titled “Causes and Effects of the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy” on Oct. 6, 2008
Supporting Documents for House Oversight Chairman Henry Waxman’s Prepared Testimony (PDF 1 MB)

Correspondence Regarding Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy

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