WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (TNSRep) -- The Federal Reserve issued the following white paper (No. 2025-1422) in September 2025 by Viktors Stebunovs entitled "Clean Money, High Costs?". Here is the abstract: * * * A cornerstone of the law-and-finance literature is that stronger institutions reduce financial intermediation costs. Using global data on cross-border payment costs, I show this relationship can reverse in heavily regulated sectors. Anti-money laundering risks have larger cost effects in a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (TNSRep) -- The Federal Reserve issued the following white paper (No. 2025-1423) in September 2025 by Anushka Mitra entitled "Imperfect Information and Slow Recoveries in the Labor Market". Here are excerpts: * * * The unemployment rate remains elevated long after recessions, a persistence that standard search-and-matching models cannot explain. I show that noise shocks--expectational errors due to the noise in received signals about aggregate shocks--account for much of more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * National park tourism in Arizona contributes $2.2 billion to state economy New report shows visitor spending impacts in Arizona * DENVER, Colo. - The National Park Service reports that 11.3 million visitors to national parks in Arizona spent $1.4 billion in the state in 2024. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $2.2 billion. "Parks  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Tourism to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields National Military Park contributes $78.1 million to local economy New report shows visitor spending impacts * FREDERICKSBURG, VA -- A new National Park Service report shows that 819,000 visitors to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in 2024 spent $57.6 million in communities near more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Tourism to Gulf Islands National Seashore contributes 514M to local economies New report shows visitor spending impacts * GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- A new National Park Service report shows that 7.8 million visitors to Gulf Islands National Seashore in 2024 spent $411 million in communities near the park. A total of 88% of the visitors were nonlocals. The park's cam more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Tourism to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument contributes $3.4 million to local economy. New report shows visitor spending impacts * PATTEN, MAINE - A new National Park Service report shows that 32,500 visitors to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in 2024 spent $2.7 million in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Tourism to Saratoga National Historical Park contributes $10.4 million to local economy New report shows visitor spending impacts * Stillwater, N.Y. - A new National Park Service report shows that 116,537 visitors to Saratoga National Historical Park in 2024 spent $8,200,000 in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local econo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Tourism to Stones River National Battlefield contributes $23.8 million to local economy. Murfreesboro, Tennessee - A new National Park Service report shows that 446,000 visitors to Stones River National Battlefield in 2024 spent $17.2 million in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $23.8 million. "People come  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2025, by Secretary Marco Rubio on the release of the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report: * * * Human trafficking is a horrific and devastating crime that also enriches transnational criminal organizations and immoral, anti-American regimes. The 25th edition of the Trafficking in Persons Report pushes countries to take serious action against forced labor and sex trafficking and ensures that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Tourism to Mammoth Cave National Park contributes $73,238,000 to local economy New report shows visitor spending impacts * MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. - A new National Park Service report shows that 747,042 visitors to Mammoth Cave National Park in 2024 spent $73,238,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported the local area. "Mammoth Cave National Park is more PR