OECD

  • Jan 24, 2013
  • 2 min read

Value-added export data alter global economic picture

The OECD and WTO on January 16 released the first edition of a new dataset isolating the value...

International
  • Jan 23, 2013
  • 2 min read

Trade could support higher global growth in 2013

Global trade levels grew by 0.8% month-on-month in November, up from a (revised) stagnation in...

International
  • Jan 22, 2013
  • 1 min read

Energy efficiency policies face hurdles globally

There is almost universal agreement that energy efficiency represents an important element in...

International
  • Jan 22, 2013
  • 2 min read

Global talent mismatch will slow employment recovery

Global unemployment rose by 4 million people last year, reaching a total of some 197 million,...

International
  • Jan 17, 2013
  • 2 min read

Basel III 'flexibilisation' could be temporary

Following the 2008-09 financial crisis of 2008-09, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision...

International
  • Jan 17, 2013
  • 2 min read

New global trade gauge has deep policy implications

The WTO and the OECD yesterday published the first database for measuring trade flows on the...

International
  • Jan 16, 2013
  • 2 min read

Risks remain, but global GDP could surprise positively

Global GDP will expand 2.4% this year, almost unchanged from 2.3% in 2012, according to the World...

International
  • Jan 15, 2013
  • 2 min read

New sources of price rises can fuel global inflation

UK annual inflation ended 2012 at 2.7%, the Office for National Statistics reported today.

International