https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/17048/9781464800511.pdf?sequence=1
Features an overview of regional trends, summary tables, and individual country tables. The focus is on external debt of developing countries. From the World Bank
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/661121.pdf
Examines trends in marketing of credit cards and college affinity cards to students since credit card legislation was passed in 2009 and the effect of the use of such cards on student debt. From the Government Accountability Office
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2014/201414/201414pap.pdf
Analyzes the interaction between two kinds of unsecured credit and their implications for default behavior of young U.S. households. Study finds that institutional differences between the markets cause borrowers to default on student loans rather than on credit card debt. From the Federal Reserve
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2014/201413/201413pap.pdf
Finds that societies with a social security program weather a financial shock better than those without one, and that poorer members of society are less harmed by business downturns due to their social security allowances. From the Federal Reserve
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43391.pdf
Discusses the major structural characteristics of U.S. financial regulatory agencies, their relative independence from Congress and the President, and recent legislation that proposes changes.
From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43389.pdf
Discusses federal fiscal policy and the debt limit, recent episodes of conflict over debt limits, and the current 2014 debt limit situation. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/pdf/FIN-2014-G001.pdf
Federal regulatory guidance for financial institutions seeking to provide services to marijuana-related businesses in the wake of certain state actions to legalize marijuana activity. From the Department of the Treasury
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/bitcoin-survey/2014-010233%20Compiled%20Report_.pdf?loclr=bloglaw
Surveys 40 foreign jurisdictions and the European Union on the regulatory treatment of Bitcoin, including whether recognized as legal tender, possibility of negative impacts on national currency, concerns about fraud, and tax matters. From the Law Library of the Library of Congress