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Standardised Confidence Indicators for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated monthly according to MEI timetable ). The OECD Standardized Confidence Indicators (for manufacturing industry and consumers) are confidence indicators comparable across countries. Comparability has been achieved by careful selection of national indicators, and by smoothing, centring, and amplitude adjusting these series.

Monetary policies and inflation targeting in emerging economies

Several emerging-market economies have adopted inflation targeting as their institutional framework for conducting monetary policy. This volume focuses on the experiences of Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Indonesia, South Africa, and Turkey.

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