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Date June 3, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-86-107 Title

International Finance: Implementation of the Yen/Dollar Agreement

United States Generhl ors’i Report to Congressional Requesters June 1986 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE knplementation of the Yen/Dollar Agreement l (-J35-l34 GAO/NBIAD-86407 * GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 united states Natioual Security and International Affairs Division E222898 June 3,1986 The Honorable John Heinz Chairman, Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Poli...
Date Aug. 8, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-151 Title

Energy: Benefits and Limitations of Economic Policy Responses to an Oil Supply Disruption

B’Y’ U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE THE Report To The Honorable United States Senate Bill Bradley Benefits And Limitations Of Economic Policy Responses To An Oil Supply Disruption In 1982 Congress, concerned with the potential harmful economic effects of an oil supply disruption, passed the Energy Emergency Preparedness Act (EEPA). The EEPA required, among other things, the Secretary of Energy t...
Date July 9, 1985 Report No. 127376 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Regulation of the U.S. Government Securities Market

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20551 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. JULY 9, 1985 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCE AND URBAN AFFAIRS I U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE REGULATION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENTSECURITIES MARKET II . 127376 Mr. Ch...
Date Jan. 14, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-9A Title

Financial Institutions: An Examination of Concerns Expressed About the Federal Reserve's Pricing of Check Clearing Activities

PACS accumulates check clearing costs under four specific activities: processing, adjustments, return items (checks returned unpaid), and fine sort (checks sorted to a specific paying institution). While PACS reported gross expenses for the overall commercial check activity, only intraoffice or local processing expense figures were needed for pricing purposes. Therefore, to obtain the expense data...
Date Jan. 14, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-9 Title

Financial Institutions: An Examination of Concerns Expressed About the Federal Reserve's Pricing of Check Clearing Activities

Report To The Chairman Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs United States Senate BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES An Examination of Concerns Expressed About The Federal Reserve’s Pricing Of Check Clearing Activities The Federal Reserve System and some of the Nation’s larger commercial banks play major roles in clearing the billions of checks written each year in the U...
Date June 6, 1984 Report No. 124314 Title

Financial Management: Floating Exchange Rates and the Dollar

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED at 11:00 a.m. June 6, 1984 STATEMENT OF ALLAN I, MENDELOWITZ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND MONETARY POLICY SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS ON ill Illlll b lllllll 124314 FLOATING EXCHANGE RAT...
Date Feb. 3, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-40 Title

Financial Institutions: Unauthorized Disclosure of the Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Decision

BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman, Committee Banking, Finance And Urban Affairs iHouse Of Representatives On ‘OF THEUNITEDSTATES . LI Unauthorized Disclosure Of The Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Decision GAO reviewed several ISSUEScentering on the unauthorized disclosure of the Federal Reserve System’s : JGzo20, 1983, long-range monetary growth targets. / --was unable to det...
Date Oct. 3, 1983 Report No. 122488 Title

International Affairs: Japanese Industrial Policy

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 9330 a+m. OCTOBER3, 1983 FOR STATEMENTOF ALLAN I. MENDELOWITZ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEEON FINANCE ON SUBCOMMITTEE ECONOMICGROWTH, EMPLOYMENT AND REVENUESHARING NIllllll III 122488 ON JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL POLICY Mr. Chairman and Membe...
Date July 20, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-83-2 Title

International Affairs: Planning for Orderly Use of Remaining U.S.-Owned Excess Foreign Currency in India

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL rNTEONAtlONA1 SLCUAITV ACFAIRS AND DIVISION B-204375 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mr. George JULY20.1983 of State P. Shultz Secretary: Planning for Orderly Use of Remaining U.S.-Owned Excess Foreign Currency in India (GAO/NSIAD-83-2) Subject: We have reviewed the ongoing effort by the Department of State and other Governme...
Date April 11, 1983 Report No. 121175 Title

International Affairs: Japanese Industrial Policy

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING 20548 WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 a.m. April 11, 1983 STATEMENT OF ASSOCIATE ALLAN I. DIRECTOR, MENDELOWITZ INTERNATIONAL DIVISION BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE ON JAPANESE Yr. Chairman We are "Industrial and "Industrial and pleased Policy: Policy: Our work policy which which Japan's We reviewed Membe...
Date April 7, 1983 Report No. 121045 Title

International Affairs: Exchange Rate Determination and the Yen-Dollar Rate

United States General A&o;;;i;g Washington, D.C. Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 10:00 a.m. APRIL 7, 1983 STATEMENTOF FRANK C. CONABAN DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL DIvISION BEFORETHE SENATE COMMITTEEON FOREIGN RELATIONS ON EXCHANGE RATE DETERMINATION AND THE YEN-DOLLAR RATE I .
Date Sept. 21, 1982 Report No. 119481 Title

Financial Management: Improvements to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO a.m. SEPTEMBER21, 1982 TESTIMONY OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET UNITED STATES SENATE ON IMPROVEMENTS THE CONGRESSIONALBUDGET AND TO IMPOUNDMENTCONTROL ACT OF 1974 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: pleased to appear before...
Date Aug. 31, 1982 Report No. PAD-82-45 Title

Budget and Spending: An Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policies

I’ RELEASED - mmtICT~p Mot bdi + - txctp* *II” =hWQd the A-@nf%m%2b ** 011 r- outs;& fienerat Aw l = =::km WT .# yy’J--HE COMPTROLLER ~@33?/4Lqeport To The Chairman zommittee On Appropriations J.S. House Of Representatives OVRf 3F THE~UNITED STATES An Analysis Of Fiscal And Monetary Policies The U.S. economy is in its eighth recession since the Second World War. GAO analyzes iscal and moneta...
Date July 22, 1982 Report No. 119022 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: H.R. 5858

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 5858 SUMMARYOF THE STATEMENT OF ROLLEE H. EFROS ON H.R. H.R. certain Chief result the 5858, a private dealers for relief losses bill, found provides equitably compensation to silver due them by the claims terminating Commissioner from silver the of the Court actions of Claims. The dealers' in of the Treasury program on May 18, Office f...
Date June 23, 1982 Report No. 118810 Title

International Affairs: Japanese Industrial Policy

UNITED STATES GENERAI; ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT lOtO a.m. June 23, 1982 STATEMENTOF FRANK C. CONAHAN DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION BEFORE THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE ON ' JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL POLICY lj ,m,,,,,,, ,,sm, ,,, ,,, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: to be with Japan's you today Flexible to discuss our report, We are pleased "...
Date June 23, 1982 Report No. ID-82-32 Title

Industrial Policy: Japan's Flexible Approach

BY THE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman, Joint Economic Committee United States Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Industrial Policy: Japan’ s Flexible Approach Japan’ impressive growth from a wars devastated nation in the 1950s to a major economic power today has been the subject of much debate in the industrialized world. GAO found that Japanese industrial policies have changed significan...
Date June 16, 1982 Report No. 121652 Title

Financial Management: Federal Reserve Pricing of Its Check Clearing Services

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20551 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1:OO p.m. JUNE 16, 1982 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE JOINT BEARING OF THE SUBCOM!ITTEE ON DOMESTIC MONETARY POLICY AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER AND MONETARY AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON FEDERAL RESERVE PRICING OF ITS CHECK...
Date Jan. 27, 1982 Report No. 117342 Title

Economic Development: The Federal Role in Fostering Private Sector Productivity

U. S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO A.M. EST WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1982 STATEMENT OF BRIAN L. USILANER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ACCOUNTING A?D FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY GROUP BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC STABILIZATION COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCE, AND URBAN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON "THE FEDERAL RO...
Date April 28, 1981 Report No. 115082 Title

Financial Management: Financial Condition of U.S. Export-Import Bank

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO AM TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1981 STATEMENT OF FRANK C. CONAHAN DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION BEFORE THE 115082 SUBCOMMITTEEON INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT AND MONETARYPOLICY HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCE AND URBAN AFFAIRS ON THE FINANCIAL Mr. Chairman CONDITION OF 'F@EU.S. Subcommittee: t...
Date Feb. 23, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-27 Title

Financial Institutions: Federal Reserve Security Over Currency Transportation Is Adequate

The Honorable Henry S. Reuss House of Representatives The Honorable Stewart B. McKinney 'rIouse of Representatives SUBJECT: FEBRUbkY 23,198l Reserve Security Over Currency iii/ederal Transportation Is Adequate (GGD-81-27) .J On February 28, 1980, you requested that we review the Federal Reserve System's currency transportation operations. You indicated that you were interested in the adequacy of s...
Date Nov. 14, 1980 Report No. ID-81-01 Title

International Affairs: Treasury Should Keep Better Track of Blocked Foreign Assets

F1 * m /!h’ T,HE&OMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress :OF THEUNITEDSTATES Treasury Should Keep Better Track Of Blocked Foreign Assets The Treasury Department, under emergency legislation, blocks the assets of designated countries hostile to the United States to prevent these countries from earning dollar foreign exchange and from using the assets until political differences are resolved and...
Date June 3, 1980 Report No. ID-80-24 Title

International Affairs: Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--The Federal Role

BY THECOMPTROLLERGEl’&RAL I Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Foreign Direct Investment In The United States--The Federal Role What is known about the growth and effects of foreign investment in the United States? Should the Federal Government assist States which are actively seeking more foreign investment, and if so, how? Has the use of investment incentives to attract new investment i...
Date Sept. 6, 1979 Report No. ID-79-45 Title

International Affairs: Canada's Foreign Investment Review Agency

COMJTROLLER GENERAL _ WASHINGTON OF THE UNJllZD SJ-Al?3 0 C 2OM8 E-172255 SEPTEMBER 6,1974 III The Honorable Benlamln S. Rosenthal ChaIrman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: SubJect: Should Canada's screenrng practices for foreign investment be used by the United States7 (IC-79-45) III \ I Thzs l...
Date Aug. 9, 1979 Report No. ID-79-17 Title

International Affairs: Government Procedures for Buying Some Foreign Currencies

- . . I REPORTBYTHEu.s~ ~llll~~lll~lllP~l~ll~lll LMfifJ087 1 I Accounting Office Government Procedures For Buying Some Foreign Currencies Each year the U.S. Government purchases about $5.5 billion worth of foreign currencies to meet its operating expenses in other GAO found that with few excountries. ceptions currencies were being obtained at competitive exchange rates. ID-7:9-17 AUGUST $3.3979 UN...
Date April 7, 1978 Report No. ID-78-33 Title

International Affairs: Better Program Management through Eliminating Exchange Rate Gains and Losses from DOD Budget Processes

DOCut C5433 - [810059471 r RSOIES E S E Betier Progras Eaaageaent through Eliminating Exchange Rate Gains and Losses from DOD Budget Processes. ID-78-33; 8-133102. April 7, 1978, Released April 17, 1978. 3 pp. + 3 appendices (13 pp.) . Report to Rep, Les General, Aspia; by Utler B. Staats, Comptrolier Issue Area- International Bconomic and Military ProgLams (600); Program and Budget Information fo...
Date Nov. 29, 1977 Report No. 094671 Title

Government Operations: Comments on H.R. 2176

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 I FCR RELEASE ON DELIVERY .Expected at 11:OO A.M. EST Tuesday, November 29, 1977 STATEMENTOF - ELMER B. STAATS COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE +.-, -" .-. C&h& f&24? COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE on 2176, A Bill to amend the Accounting and Auditing Act 19flto provide for the audit, by the Comptro...
Date Nov. 24, 1976 Report No. PSAD-77-52 Title

Government Operations: Improving Cash Management by Using 'Checks Paid' Method to Reimburse Army Ammunition Plant Contractors

UN~STATESGEP~LACCOU~NGO~CE WASNNGTDN. D.C. 20548 mf 2 4 1976 The‘ Honorable -. of Defense lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMl01108 The Secretary Dear Mr. Secretary: _I _. I ! 1 We believe that you will be interested in a method of improving cash management in the Department of Defense a:ld reducing the cost of Government borrowing. The basic concept to take verting is to delay disbursement...
Date July 15, 1975 Report No. ID-75-78 Title

Financial Institutions: Considerations on Increased Quotas for the International Monetary Fund

Mlll~llll IllI I iliilmllllilllllll LM096969 t CONSIDERATIONS ONINCREASED QUOTAS FORTHEINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Department of the Treasury ID-75-78 -/ ULY151975 Contents Page DIGEST CHAPTER 1 2 INTRODUCTION Quota increases EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM Creation and purposes of IMF IMF record through 1970 Breakdown of international monetary system Movement toward reform Oil price in...
Date Nov. 23, 1971 Report No. 089416 Title

Financial Institutions: Review of Annual Settlement Committee and Bullion Accounts, Bureau of the Mint

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE 7014 FEDERAL BUILDING, 1961 STOULr DENVER, COLORADO 80202 STREET NOV 2 3 1971 Mrs. Betty Higby Superintendent United States Mint 320 West Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado 80202 Dear Mrs. Higby: Pursuant to the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 72 we have made a review to settle the bullion fund accounts of the accountable officers at the United States Mi...
Date April 2, 1971 Report No. 089311 Title

Financial Management: Cancellation, Destruction, and Accounting for Currency Unfit for Circulation

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