Author: Mary Pat Campbell

Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates

Mary Pat Campbell

Link: https://home.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/TextView?type=daily_treasury_yield_curve&field_tdr_date_value_month=202502

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Effective with the inaugural auction of the new benchmark 6-week Treasury bill on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, Treasury plans to include 6-week bill prices in its input data set for the daily yield curve. Treasury also plans to add a 1.5-month CMT to the Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates and 6-week bill rates to the Daily Treasury Bill Rates that it publishes.

Changes to the published tables and data files to accommodate the additional rates will appear beginning in the evening on February 14, 2025.

Publication Date: 18 Feb 2025

Publication Site: Treasury Dept

The Surging Cost of Insurance

Mary Pat Campbell

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-12-06/the-surging-cost-of-insurance-wall-street-week-video

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Insurance prices have surged across America in the past two years, with homeowner’s insurance climbing 21%, while CPI rose just 5%. (Source: Bloomberg)

Jerry Theodorou of R Street Institute is interviewed about Florida homeowners insurance.

Author(s): Wall St. Week

Publication Date: 6 Dec 2024

Publication Site: Bloomberg TV

From a Simple Test to Open Heart Surgery: How a Cardiac Screening Saved George’s Life

Mary Pat Campbell

Link: https://www.chestercountyhospital.org/news/health-eliving-blog/2020/february/how-cardiac-screening-saved-georges-life

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George, who is 51 years old, has been a police officer in Chester County for 31 years. He has lived a life of action — which comes with some feelings of invincibility. “As a police officer, there are times we think we are indestructible,” he explains.

Because of his active lifestyle — and no signs of heart problems whatsoever — heart disease was the furthest thing from George’s mind. “I walked anywhere from 6 to 8 hours a day. I was never winded, never tired, and I had no numbness. All of those telltale signs of heart disease — I never got any of them,” George explains.

Through a collaboration between Chester County Hospital and local police departments, George was offered a free cardiac risk screening for first responders. Despite zero signs of heart disease, he figured he might as well take advantage. Little did he know, he would end up having open-heart surgery just a few months later.

Publication Date: 10 Feb 2020

Publication Site: Chester County Hospital, Penn Medicine blog