Etats-Unis

2019 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings - Written Statement to the IMFC

2019 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings - Written Statement to the IMFC

G20 Finance and Central Bank Governors Meeting - Session 1. Global Economy

According to our latest outlook, global growth will be 2.9% this year and barely 3% in 2020, the slowest projected growth rates since the financial crisis. In May, our forecasts were 0.3-0.4% higher. Among the G20, the economic outlook has been deteriorating fast for almost all economies in the group, both advanced and emerging.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Washington, from 16 to 19 October 2019

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Washington, from 16 to 19 October 2019 to attend a G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, a G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, the meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and the 2019 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings.

IMF WB Spring Meetings- G7 FMCBG: Global Economy

Our assessment is broadly consistent with that of the IMF and things could actually go worse: a disorderly Brexit, US tariffs on cars, or weaker demand in a large European country could have severe knock-on effects throughout Europe.

G20 FMCBG Meeting, Session 1: Global Economy

And risks are biased on the downside. Materialisation of these risks, alone, or combined, could derail the global outlook, all the more that trade and financial integration have made the G20 economies highly interdependant. In this context, I would like to insist on the benefits of policy cooperation

OECD Economic Survey of the United States: Key Research Findings

Opioid addiction costs many lives and harms livelihoods

In the past decade, overdose deaths have surged, particularly as (illicit) synthetic opioids have become more available. Opioid-related deaths touch urban and rural communities alike and are spreading to affect all demographic groups.

Helping Americans Work Again

The economic expansion in the United States is now one of the longest on record, although it has been sluggish in comparison with previous recoveries. While job growth has reduced the unemployment rate to historically-low levels, many people still remain on the sidelines of the labour market, as shown by the low participation rates of prime age workers.

Launch of the 2018 Economic Survey of the United States

It is a pleasure to be back at the Press Club to present the OECD’s 2018 Economic Survey of the United States.

Pour l’économie américaine, les perspectives sont favorables, mais les risques nombreux

Aux États-Unis, l’économie connaît l’une des phases d’expansion les plus longues de son histoire, mais les stigmates de la Grande Récession, conjugués aux défis que soulèvent les chocs provoqués par la mondialisation et l’automatisation, restent visibles dans l’ensemble du pays, selon un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE.