ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2025-025) on September 29, 2025, by Jesse LaBelle, Fernando Martin, and Ana Maria Santacreu entitled "Taxation and the Global Allocation of Intangibles." Here are excerpts: * * * We study how international tax regimes and intellectual property (IP) rights shape the global allocation of intangible assets. Using a new dataset of cross-border patent transactions, we find that ta  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2025-024) on September 22, 2025, by Hanno Lustig, Matteo Leombroni, and YiLi Chien entitled "What Does It Take? Quantifying Cross-Country Transfers in the Eurozone." Here are excerpts: * * * We compute the cross-country transfers that result from unconventional monetary policy in the Eurozone. The ECB funds the expansion of its aggregate balance sheet mostly by issuing bank r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan AI Evaluation Legislation to Put Americans First * Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Ill.) introduced bipartisan legislation to create a risk evaluation program within the Department of Energy (DOE) dedicated to tracking AI safety concerns related to Americans' national security, civil liberties, and labor protections. The pro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release: * * * NHTSA Approves More Than $800M for States to Make Roads Safer Grants will fund vital traffic safety programs and enforcement in all 50 states, territories and tribal lands * The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has notified all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and the Bureau of Indian Affairs representing  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, posted the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Ways & Means Improving Access to Critical Cancer Screenings, Innovative Medical Treatments for Seniors The Ways and Means Committee recently approved H.R. 842, the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act - introduced by Representatives Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Terri Sewell (AL-07) and n  more