Financial Market Trends and Policies

Financial Markets: Why sound institutions and smart regulation matter

20-May-2010

Countries must quickly agree new financial rules to boost bank lending and strengthen the global economic recovery, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría at a conference in Berlin.

OECD’s Gurría welcomes G7 move to establish set of ethical principles on global business

16-Feb-2009

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the decision by G7 Finance Ministers to work towards setting up a set of common principles on integrity, transparency and propriety in global financial and business transactions.

Financial Market Trends No. 95 to be released Thursday 8 January

06-Jan-2009

The OECD will release Financial Market Trends No. 95 on the OECD's password-protected website at 11.00 a.m. Paris time (10.00 a.m. GMT) on Thursday 8 January 2009 for immediate release (in English only).

The global economy and OECD: distilling lessons from a financial crisis

02-Oct-2008

Speaking on the occasion of an annual report to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the outlook for the world economy, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría spoke about the impact of the financial crisis and OECD's work to produce a more inclusive globalisation.

Statement by the Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr. Angel Gurría, on the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath

23-Sep-2008

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomes and supports the systemic rescue plan for financial markets announced by the US Government, which he says will contribute to stabilizing the U.S. and world economies.

OECD releases report on subprime crisis: size, deleveraging and some policy options

15-Apr-2008

This report reviews previous estimates of losses from subprime mortgages and indicates these could amount to between US$ 350 and 420 billion, what the losses mean for deleveraging in the economy and what policy options there are to deal with the negative economic consequences of deleveraging.

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