19-April-2018
English
Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Washington, DC from 19th to 21st April to attend the 2018 International Monetary Fund / World Bank Spring Meetings, as well as meetings of G7 and G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.
12-October-2017
English
The latest OECD Interim Economic Outlook forecast global GDP growth to increase from around 3% last year to just over 3½% this year and next. Supported by policy stimulus, growth performance has been strong in the first half of the year and more synchronised across the world. Argentina, Brazil and Russia are returning to growth.
21-April-2017
English
Latest indicators of rising business confidence and industrial production are welcome. However, we have been here before over the past five years and left “Waiting for Godot” – for the recovery that never comes. There are reasons to be more optimistic this time around. But we have not yet decisively escaped the low-growth trap. Growth in productivity and wages remains lackluster. Inequality and political tensions are high.
16-June-2016
English
This 2016 OECD Economic Survey of the United States examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. The special chapters cover:
16-juin-2016
Français
16-June-2016
English
It is a pleasure to be here to present the OECD’s 2016 US Economic Survey. I would like to thank the US Administration ─ in particular Secretary Lew and his Treasury team ─ for their support and input on the Survey, and to Adam Posen and his staff for generously hosting us at the Peterson Institute.
16-juin-2016
Français
L’économie américaine affiche l’une des plus fortes reprises de tous les pays de l’OCDE, mais l’horizon n’est pas sans nuages, selon la dernière Étude économique des États-Unis publiée par l’OCDE.
7-septembre-2015
Français
En 2014, les États-Unis ont enregistré le plus grand nombre de création d’emplois annuelle depuis les années 1990 et ce mouvement, le plus long jamais observé, s’est prolongé en 2015. Depuis deux ans, les salaires réels augmentent de 1,4 % par an, plus de deux fois plus vite que lors de la dernière reprise.
4-June-2015
English
Statistics Working Paper N. 61, 2015/3 - This article gives methodological guidance on how best to compare the share of profits in value-added across countries using national accounts. The four countries covered are France, Germany, Italy and the United States.
17-April-2015
English
In his speech delivered at the Brookings Institute, OECD Secretary-General Gurría explains that OECD’s numbers tell a clear-cut story of how our traditional economic growth agenda has neglected inclusiveness. Yet to begin to tackle this problem, we have to understand that inequality is not just about money. It touches every area of people’s lives.