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19-Nov-2008
Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC)
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19-Nov-2008
Residential construction is slowing sharply.Investors and consumers are also adjusting strongly to a marked deterioration in financial conditions in the wake of the international financial crisis, as well as to deteriorating job prospects.
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19-Nov-2008
The main challenges facing the Spanish economy are to minimise the economic costs of the current downturn, move workers shed quickly to new jobs, and to raise sustainable productivity growth including by improving human capital formation and competition in product markets.
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10-Oct-2008
Australia’s education system compares well in terms of PISA scores. Important challenges remain however in all education sectors, especially in early childhood education and care.
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10-Oct-2008
After 16 consecutive years of expansion, macroeconomic policy will need to stay relatively tight until a significant easing in inflation is in prospect. Pro-cyclical fiscal stance should also be avoided.
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10-Oct-2008
How to balance inflation threats and risks of a strong downturn? How to strengthen labour supply? How to enhance education performance? What reforms are needed for labour and product markets? How to implement climate change policy and sustainable water management?
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20-Aug-2008
The Norwegian mainland economy has expanded strongly in 2007, macroeconomic policy has been tightened, pressure on labour market showed in increasing wage inflation and inflows of foreign labour.
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20-Aug-2008
How will the current world slowdown affect Norway? How well has monetary policy succeeded in stabilising inflation? Is Norway managing its oil wealth intelligently? Is labour supply flexible enough to meet demand? How to improve performance in education?
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18-Aug-2008
An informal EDRC seminar took place on 9 July 2008, focussing on the implications of euro adoption for inflation and interest rates in the Slovak Republic, based on the experience of existing euro area countries.
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