OECD Member Economies

An Economic Survey is published every 1½-2 years for each OECD country and the euro area. It identifies the main economic challenges faced by the country and analyses policy options to meet them. You can find all Surveys catalogued by country
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Economic Policy Reforms takes stock of growth performance for each country and identifies ways to improve productivity and employment on the basis of international benchmarking.

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Economic Survey of Ireland 2008

16-Apr-2008

Economic activity is now easing. In the short run, competitiveness must improve. Better infrastructure, and further product and labour market reforms would keep growth strong over the medium term. Long-run challenges remain for the housing market, fiscal policy, pensions, and the integration of migrants.

Economic Survey of Germany 2008

09-Apr-2008

Germany has been enjoying a strong cyclical rebound in economic growth after a long period of stagnation. First positive effects of past reforms are already visible. However, for high economic growth to be more enduring, economic challenges remain, notably in the fields of labour markets, fiscal policy, education policy, healthcare and network industries.

Economic Survey of Japan 2008

07-Apr-2008

Despite the longest economic expansion in its post-war history, Japan faces many challenges. Perhaps most urgent is addressing the fiscal situation through comprehensive tax reform. There is also significant scope for policies to accelerate productivity growth in the service sector, which has lagged behind manufacturing. In addition, measures to reverse the rise in labour market dualism would be beneficial for both growth and equity.

The significance of Switzerland’s enormous current account surplus

12-Mar-2008

Switzerland has had a long standing surplus on its current account. But over the past 15 years that surplus has surged to levels unmatched by nearly any other OECD country at any point. This paper looks at the surplus from a balance of payments vantage point as well as from the optic of the excess of national saving over domestic investment.  This Working Paper is largely extracted from the 2007 OECD Economic Survey of Switzerland (www.oecd.org/eco/survey/switzerland).

Economic survey of Iceland 2008

28-Feb-2008

After several years of rapid economic expansion, the key challenge for policy is to restore economic balance. There is also a need to strengthen the macro-economic policy framework. In a longer-term perspective, a major challenge is to improve cost-effectiveness in the health-care sector.

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