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Measuring entrepreneurship: a digest of indicators, 2009 edition

16-Nov-2009

This new edition presents indicators of firm births, deaths, high-growth firms, gazelles, etc., all capture different aspects of entrepreneurship and different types of entrepreneurs.

Unit labour costs rise strongly across OECD economies in second quarter 2009

13-Nov-2009

Unit Labour Costs (ULC) for the total economy grew 0.8% in OECD countries in the second quarter of 2009 and rose 3.6% year-on-year. The strong growth was largely driven by falls in real output (gross domestic product at constant prices) due to the crisis.

Unemployment rate stable at 8.6% in September 2009

09-Nov-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.6% in September 2009, the same as the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Composite leading indicators continue to show strong signals of recovery

06-Nov-2009

OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for September 2009 point strongly to growth in Italy, France, United Kingdom and China, while tentative signals of expansion have emerged in Canada and Germany.

Consumer Prices in OECD area fall 0.3% in year to September 2009

03-Nov-2009

Consumer prices in the OECD area fell by 0.3 % in the year to September 2009, the same rate as August. Month-on-month, prices remained stable in September, compared with a rise of 0.2% in August 2009.

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