Economie

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.

Étude économique des États-Unis 2018

Étude économique des États-Unis 2018

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Washington on 6-7 June 2018

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Washington on 6-7 June 2018 to present the 2018 OECD Economic Survey of the United States.While in Washington, the Secretary-General will hold bilateral meetings with several US high level officials.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Washington, DC from 19th to 21st April 2018

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.

G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting: Global Economy and Framework for Growth

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.

G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting: remarks on the global economy and framework for growth

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.

OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2016

Launch of the 2016 Economic Survey of the United States

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.

L’économie américaine a bien renoué avec la croissance, mais d’importantes réformes sont nécessaires

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.