U.S. Census Bureau:This Week: Getting Ready for 2022

 

Here's a quick update on what's coming up to keep you in the loop as we finish up the year.

This Week: Getting Ready for 2022  Today is Wednesday, December 29, 2021 and we are getting ready to welcome 2022. We're sending you a quick update on what's coming up to keep you in the loop as we finish up the year. Projecting Populations on New Year’s Day As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the Census Bureau will release total population projections for the nation and world for January 1, 2022. For the nation, these projections will show population growth since Census Day (April 1) 2020. The release will be available on December 30. It includes components of change estimates (births, deaths, and net international migration). While we await Thursday's release: Check out our recent 2021 Vintage Population Estimates and the latest updates to the International Database. You can also explore simulated real-time growth of the U.S. and world populations using the Population Clock. Explore Pop Clock Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Observances in January January 1: New Year's Day National Milk Day: January 11, 2022 National Pharmacist Day: January 12, 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 17, 2022 National Popcorn Day: January 19, 2022 National Spouses Day: January 26, 2022 National Hot Tea Month: January 2022 Happy Birthday Iowa! Yesterday, we celebrated Iowa's 175th anniversary of statehood. Explore Data Did You Know? Iowa joined the Union on December 28, 1846, as the 29th state. Iowa's population increased by 144,014 from 2010-2020. The State Bird is the Eastern Goldfinch. Find more fun facts and explore 2020 Census results on Iowa's state profile page from the America Counts team. 2020 Census Results Happy Birthday Texas! Today, we celebrate Texas' 176th anniversary of statehood. Explore Data Did You Know? Texas joined the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state. Texas' population increased by 3,999,944 from 2010-2020. The State Flower is the Bluebonnet. Find more fun facts and explore 2020 Census results on Texas' state profile page from the America Counts team. 2020 Census Results We've got more state anniversaries coming up next month: Week of January 2: Georgia, Alaska, Utah, New Mexico Week of January 9: Connecticut Week of January 23: Michigan and Kansas Help us spread the word about Census Bureau data.  Share this on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This A Look Back: 2021 America Counts Stories What was your favorite America Counts story of 2021? Read five notable America Counts stories from the past year and browse our library of stories behind the numbers: First 2020 Census Data Release Shows U.S. Resident Population of 331,449,281 Economic Hardship Declined in Households With Children as Child Tax Credit Payments Arrived Who Are Our Health Care Workers? Improved Race and Ethnicity Measures Reveal U.S. Population Is Much More Multiracial The Dough in Doughnuts Releases This Week Tuesday: Who Are the Adults Not Vaccinated Against COVID? Tuesday: Preliminary U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products Wednesday: Advance Economic Indicators Report (International Trade, Retail Trade, Wholesale Trade) Thursday: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 7 Weekly Data Release Thursday: New Year’s Day, 2022 Total Population and Components of Change Estimates for the Nation See Economic Indicators About the Census Bureau We serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. The Census Bureau is the federal government's largest statistical agency. As the world’s premier statistical agency, we are dedicated to making our nation a better place. Policy-makers, businesses, and the public use our data to make informed decisions.

ΑΠΟΔΙΔΟΥΝ ΟΙ ΠΑΡΕΜΒΑΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΡΑΣΜΑΝΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΔΙΚΙΩΝ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΟΡΙΑ ΣΥΝΤΑΞΙΟΔΟΤΗΣΗΣ

.... ΣΥΖΥΓΩΝ, ΓΟΝΕΩΝ, ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ ΑΜΕΑ

                    Με απάντησή του προς τον Γιώργο Καρασμάνη, ο Υφυπουργός Εργασίας Παναγιώτης Τσακλόγλου επιβεβαιώνει τη σοβαρότητα των επίμονων και αλλεπάλληλων παρεμβάσεων του πρώην Υπουργού που, από την πρώτη στιγμή είχε καταδείξει τις αδικίες που δημιουργεί ο Ν. 4336/2015 με την θέσπιση κατώτατων ορίων ηλικίας για τη θεμελίωση του δικαιώματος συνταξιοδότησης εργαζομένων στον ιδιωτικό τομέα γονέων, συζύγων και αδελφών ΑΜΕΑ. Τόσο σε κατ’ ιδίαν συναντήσεις με την ηγεσία και στελέχη του Υπουργείου, όσο και με την κατάθεση τροπολογίας, επιστολών και αναφορών με σκοπό την αποκατάσταση αυτών των αδικιών.

                  Το σημαντικότερο είναι ότι, όπως επισημαίνεται στην απάντηση, όλα τα στοιχεία που έχει παρουσιάσει ο Γιώργος Καρασμάνης στις πρόσφατες συναντήσεις του με τη Γενική Γραμματέα και τεχνοκράτες του Υπουργείου κατόπιν εντολής του Υπουργού, θα ληφθούν υπόψη από την Επιτροπή που έχει συγκροτηθεί για αυτό το θέμα, όπως είχε προαναγγείλει ο πρώην Υπουργός – με τη συμμετοχή και εκπροσώπων της ΕΣΑμεΑ – το πόρισμά της οποίας αναμένεται να ανακοινωθεί σύντομα.

Ο πρώην Υπουργός συνεχίζει ασφαλώς να παρακολουθεί από κοντά το θέμα και θα ενημερώνει για κάθε εξέλιξη.

 ΔΕΙΤΕ ΤΟ ΒΙΝΤΕΟ:

https://youtu.be/_QSeQmb62BQ?t=18

Fake news για δήθεν παράταση στη λειτουργία των λιγνιτικών μονάδων της ΔΕΗ

 Αθήνα 29.12.2021

Fake news για δήθεν παράταση στη λειτουργία των λιγνιτικών μονάδων της ΔΕΗ
 
Σε απάντηση των fake news που διακινούνται από την αντιπολίτευση από το πρωί σχετικά με υποτιθέμενη παράταση στη λειτουργία των λιγνιτικών μονάδων της ΔΕΗ, παρά την επίσημη διάψευση της ίδιας της εταιρίας, παραθέτουμε εκ νέου την ανακοίνωση της προς εμπέδωση από τους επαγγελματίες ψευδολόγους:
 

«Δεν αλλάζει ο σχεδιασμός της απολιγνιτοποίησης

 
Αναφορικά με δημοσίευμα της εφημερίδας Καθημερινή για παράταση του χρόνου λειτουργίας των λιγνιτικών μονάδων, η ΔΕΗ διευκρινίζει τα εξής:
Δεν υπάρχει καμία αλλαγή στο πλάνο απόσυρσης των λιγνιτικών μονάδων, όπως αυτό έχει παρουσιαστεί ήδη από τον Δεκέμβριο του 2019 και υλοποιείται κανονικά. Η απόφαση της Γεν. Διεύθυνσης Περιβάλλοντος του ΥΠΕΝ για τις ώρες λειτουργίας των υφιστάμενων λιγνιτικών μονάδων αφορά σε ώρες που θα έχουν εξαντληθεί έως τον προγραμματισμένο χρόνο απόσυρσής τους. Συγκεκριμένα το πρόγραμμα απόσυρσης των λιγνιτικών μονάδων της ΔΕΗ είναι το ακόλουθο:
2021: Καρδιά 3-4 (αποσύρθηκαν)
2022: Μεγαλόπολη 3,  Άγ. Δημήτριος 1-4
2023: Άγ. Δημήτριος 5,  Μελίτη 1, Μεγαλόπολη 4
2025: Πτολεμαϊδα 5 (μετατροπή σε Φ.Α.)»

 

IMF Podcasts: The Year in Review December 29, 2021 The past year has brought us new challenges even as the old ones persist. If anything, the ongoing pandemic has taught us to think differently about tackling the challenges and questions we currently face when it comes to big issues like climate change, gender equality, inflation and economic measurement. In this editor’s pick of 10 podcasts from the past year, we present (in no particular order) conversations with top thinkers on a range of topics and issues that we will continue to confront in 2022 and beyond. Jayati Ghosh on Unpaid Care Work: In this installment in our Women in Economics series, Jayati Ghosh, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses how our whole notion of productivity is skewed because unpaid care work of children, elderly and other populations, primarily by women, is not captured in GDP. Miles Kimball on Measuring National Well-Being: For all its strengths in measuring a country’s economy, GDP falls short when it comes to gauging the well-being of its residents. Miles Kimball, a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, describes his work in developing the principles for a national well-being index. The podcast is also subject of a recent article in Finance & Development. Divya Kirti on the Economics of Climate Change: Most economists would agree that a carbon tax is an effective way to reduce emissions. But what about private-sector efforts such as sustainable investing? Dviya Kirti, an economist in the IMF’s Research Department, talks about how such market forces could help make meaningful progress in addressing climate change. Gita Gopinath and Raghuram Rajan Talk Inflation: Efforts by central banks to control rising inflation will continue into 2022. IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath discusses that issue and more with Raghuram Rajan, a former IMF chief economist now professor at the University of Chicago. Ruchir Agarwal with a Proposal to End the Pandemic: There will be no durable end to the economic crisis until enough people around the world are vaccinated against Covid-19. Economist Ruchir Agarwal and IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath have joined forces to come up with a plan that would make that happen. James Stock on Making it Cheaper to be Green: Harvard’s James Stock discusses how policymakers will need to take a nuanced approach to carbon taxes. As green energy costs drop, the emphasis should shift from economy-wide carbon pricing to sectoral policies. Read more in his recent article for Finance & Development. Rana Foroohar on the Economic and Social Force of Big Tech: Rana Foroohar is the Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor at the Financial Times. In this podcast, Foroohar discusses what the exponential growth of Big Tech firms might mean for the global economy. Janet Yellen on Womenomics: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva celebrate International Women’s Day with a conversation about the advancement of women in the field of economics. Nikita Aggarwal on the New Morality of Debt: Nikita Aggarwal is a research associate at the Digital Ethics Lab at Oxford University’s Internet Institute. In this podcast, Aggarwal says our increasingly online lives prove a valuable source of data for lenders and add new dimensions to debt’s morality. Read her article on the subject in our March 2021 issue of Finance & Development. Oral Williams on How Technical Assistance Translates into Better Live: Oral Williams heads the IMF Regional Capacity Development Center for Anglophone West Africa and is coauthor of a study that shows a direct relationship between technical assistance and an improvement in tax revenues. In this podcast, Williams says providing technical assistance and training means better living standards for more people. ***** Thanks for listening. We're always looking to improve your experience so let us know if you have any suggestions! Send your comments to me at bedwards2@imf.org.   Bruce Edwards Producer, IMF Podcasts