State Highlights 10/12/1949

This is the student newspaper from Western State High School, the high school that was on the campus of Western Michigan University, then called State Highlights, in 1949

"Evolution of Consumption Volatility for the Liquidity Constrained Households over 1983 to 2004"

We study whether the increased income uncertainty in the US over the last quarter-century had a negative impact on household welfare by looking at variability of household consumption growth. We are particularly interested in understanding the effect of greater uncertainty on the liquidity constrained households. We study the evolution of liquidity constraints in the US in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, extending Jappelli et al. [1998] methodology using information from the Survey of Consumer Finances. We find that although household indebtedness increased substantially, reflecting greater availability of credit, there was no decline in the proportion of liquidity constrained households between 1983 and 2007. Applying methodology developed in Gorbachev [2009], we find that the evolution of consumption volatility for the liquidity constrained households increased by economically and statistically more than for the unconstrained households. This increase was lower than that of family income volatility for these groups. Nevertheless, the welfare cost to society is substantial: we estimate that an average household would be willing to sacrifice 4.7 percent of nondurable consumption per year to lower consumption risk to its 1984 levels.panel data, Euler estimation, racial divide, uncertainty, credit

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Current economic conditions in the Eighth Federal Reserve District. Louisville

Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Regional economics

Current economic conditions in the Eighth Federal Reserve District. St. Louis zone

Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Regional economics

Current economic conditions in the Eighth Federal Reserve District. Memphis

Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Regional economics

Current economic conditions in the Eighth Federal Reserve District. Little Rock

Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Regional economics

Incite 2012: Angels and Demons, March 10-12, 2012

This is the concert program of the Incite 2012: Angels and Demons performance on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 8:00 p.m., at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St, New York. New York. Works performed were Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen and Bluebeard's Castle by Béla Bartók. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

A systematic review and meta-analysis of systemic intraoperative anticoagulation during arteriovenous access formation for dialysis

Purpose: Surgical arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or graft (AVG) is preferred to a central venous catheter for dialysis access. Surgical access may suffer thrombosis early after placement and systemic anticoagulation during surgical access formation may increase patency rates but would be expected to increase bleeding-related complications. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials was conducted to examine the impact of systemic anticoagulation on access surgery perioperative bleeding and patency rates. Methods: We included randomised controlled trials testing systemic anticoagulation during access formation versus a control group without systemic anticoagulation reporting bleeding complications and access patency. Medline, Embase, CENTRAL and CINAHL were searched up to March 2015. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and the Jadad score. Meta-analysis was performed using Cochrane Revman ® software. Results: Searches identified 445 reports of which four randomised studies involving 411 participants were included. Three studies pertained to AVF only and one included both AVF and AVG. Systemic anticoagulation led to increased bleeding events in all access [four trials; risk ratio (RR) 7.18; confidence interval (CI), 2.41 to 21.38; p < 0.001]. Patency was not improved for all access (four trials; RR, 0.64; CI, 0.37 to 1.09; p = 0.10) but was improved when AVF analysed alone (three trials; RR, 0.57; CI, 0.33 to 0.97; p = 0.04). Conclusions: The use of intraoperative systemic anticoagulation during access formation is associated with a highly significant increased risk of bleeding-related complications. A significant improvement in AVF patency was seen, though not when AVF and AVG were analysed together