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Economic survey of Korea

20-Jun-2007

While Korea remains one of the fastest growing OECD economies, it faces many economic challenges, including rapid population ageing, increasing social spending, rising inequality, the housing market and enhancing its integration in the global economy.

Economic survey of Italy

04-Jun-2007

A welcome economic recovery is under way in Italy, bringing down public deficits and boosting revenues. However, fiscal sustainability hinges on key issues such as pension and public administrative reforms.

Economic Survey of Greece

30-May-2007

Greece has progressed rapidly over the past decade in closing the income gap with the best performing economies. However, significant further reforms are needed to ensure that good performance is sustained in the years to come.

Economic Survey of the United States

29-May-2007

The US economy continues to grow solidly, though at a slower pace than before. Long term challenges include labour force growth, fiscal sustainability, distortions in the housing market, performance of secondary schools and access to college.

Economic Survey of Hungary

22-May-2007

The main economic challenge is ensuring implementation of the ambitious fiscal consolidation programme through budgetary discipline and structural reform in central and local government. Challenges also remain in raising the low employment rate.  

Economic survey of New Zealand

23-Apr-2007

Macroeconomic imbalances are weighting on growth prospects and are only started to unwind. Looking forward, major economic challenges remain for pension and retirement savings policies, financial markets and the tax system.

Economic survey of the Slovak Republic

05-Apr-2007

Following major economic reforms, the Slovak economy has grown strongly in recent years. Nevertheless, there is still considerable scope to strengthen growth prospects and to ensure that the benefits of growth are more widely distributed by raising employment rates, improving education outcomes (including by reducing the impact of socio-economic background), and by removing barriers to product-market competition. 

Economic Survey of Belgium

13-Mar-2007

The economic recovery in Belgium is becoming more durable. Nevertheless, unemployment remains high and there are already signs that some productions factors are coming under strain. Thus, further labour market reform is required to bolster employment gains. Other challenges include securing additional fiscal consolidation across all levels of government to address the sizeable consequences of ageing, enhancing the efficiency of tertiary education and further improving the functioning of the financial markets.

Economic survey of Sweden 2007: Why has inflation been persistently low?

14-Feb-2007

Since the 1990s' crisis, Sweden has greatly improved its macroeconomic policies. All parts of society benefit from strong productivity growth, stable inflation expectations and public budget surpluses. Meanwhile, combating exclusion in the labour market is a key challenge, along with distortions in the housing market.

Economic survey of Sweden 2007: Making employment inclusive - for immigrants and natives alike

14-Feb-2007

Since the 1990s' crisis, Sweden has greatly improved its macroeconomic policies. All parts of society benefit from strong productivity growth, stable inflation expectations and public budget surpluses. Meanwhile, combating exclusion in the labour market is a key challenge, along with distortions in the housing market.




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