Economic Survey of New Zealand 2011

The recession has highlighted the need for structural reforms to help the New Zealand economy adjust towards a more sustainable growth path. This survey discusses policies to reduce external vulnerabilities, rebalance housing markets, improve product market regulation and foster green growth.

Adjusting towards a sustainable growth path

The recession has highlighted the need for structural reforms to help the New Zealand economy adjust towards a more sustainable growth path. This survey discusses policies to reduce external vulnerabilities, rebalance housing markets, improve product market regulation and foster green growth.

Policy frameworks in the post-crisis environment

The financial crisis revealed flaws in pre-crisis policy frameworks.

OECD and Russia: working together for a stronger world economy

Angel Gurría declared that "building on the trust we have established over the years, Russia is advancing on the accession track to become a member of the OECD. The accession process can be seen as a joint initiative to support Russia’s objective of modernising its economy."

Labour markets and the economy

Nearly two years after production began to recover from the worst recession to have hit OECD countries since the 1930s, the labour market situation remains a major preoccupation.

Economic Survey of Japan 2011

The 11 March earthquake is the country's worst disaster of the post-war period and addressing reconstruction needs must be a priority. Policy must then be directed to sustaining growth through; correcting the fiscal situation, addressing labour market dualism and reforming education.

Japan will bounce back quickly from the Great East Earthquake

"The OECD has absolute confidence in Japan’s capacity to overcome the Great East Japan Earthquake, building on its unique stock of human capital, financial wealth, technology and discipline.", said Angel Gurría for the launch of the OECD’s Economic Survey of Japan in Tokyo.

Persistence of high unemployment: what risks? what policies?, Economics Department Policy Note No. 5

Aggregate demand policies have a role to play in supporting the economic recovery and stimulate jobs. Enhancing vocational training is desirable, even if beefing-up such programmes may be difficult in countries facing large budget deficits or with limited training infrastructure.

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• OECD Economic Outlook No. 86, November 2009

Economic Survey of Estonia 2011

Estonia is recovering from a deep recession. Main policy challenges are: avoid cyclical unemployment becoming structural; strengthen fiscal framework; address non performing loans; reap efficiency gains in government operations and make more out of globalisation as a sustainable driver of growth

What drives inflation in the major OECD economies?

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of inflation in the United States, Japan, the euro area and the United Kingdom, focusing on the role of resource utilisation, inflation expectations, inflation persistence and imported inflation.