Some developing sources of government data.
Economic Activity
Example - Reporting of Bank Assets, Deposits, and Profitability
Regulator - FDIC
FIDC Data
Benefit - Improve and reduce time it takes to gain awareness of economic activity levels
Data Evaluation: Pretty Good. Mature reporting system of quarterly data.
Financial Markets Activity
Example - Credit Default Swaps
Regulators
(Future) - Federal Reserve, Treasury
Benefit - Reduce exposure and risk associated with derivatives trading volumes
DTCC Data
Evaluation: Improving, but needs work. Public interface tacked on to existing system.
Government Accountability
Example - TARP
Regulator - Treasury
Benefit - Enable the public to track tax dollar spending
US Treasury
US Treasury Data
Data
Evaluation: Needs a lot of work. Just PDFs published periodically.
Government Accountability
Example - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Regulator: TBD
Benefit: TBD
Evaluation: TBD
