OECD

  • Dec 5, 2011
  • 2 min read

Increasing inequality undermines OECD prospects

The income gap between rich and poor is at its highest level for more than three decades across...

International
  • Nov 30, 2011
  • 2 min read

Slowing trade will not support global growth

Goods trade suffered a sharp slowdown in the group of twelve major economies formed by members of...

International
  • Nov 29, 2011
  • 2 min read

Loose OECD monetary policy fails to fuel credit

Consumer price inflation (CPI) rose by 3.2% year-on-year in the OECD as a whole in October,...

International
  • Nov 28, 2011
  • 2 min read

OECD banks, default and consolidation pose global risk

The euro-area "appears to be in a mild recession", but will expand by 1.6% in 2011 as a whole,...

International
  • Nov 24, 2011
  • 2 min read

Austerity points to changing role of state

While the imposition of austerity measures in the EU and United States can be seen as an...

International
  • Nov 22, 2011
  • 1 min read

Crisis will slow but not halt global industry shift

The world's industrial landscape has been transformed in the last 25 years as many industries...

International
  • Nov 18, 2011
  • 2 min read

Emerging-market links are mixed blessing for LDCs

GDP in LDCs will grow by an annual average of 5.8% in the medium term, almost 1.5 percentage...

LDCs
  • Nov 17, 2011
  • 2 min read

Euro-area and US economic paths diverge further

OECD GDP rose by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter, the organisation reported today.

International