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Economy: Economic growth perspectives strengthening as recovery becomes self-sustained
05-Apr-2011
Growth in the G7 economies outside Japan appears to be stronger than previously projected, with accelerating private sector investment and trade boosting recovery, according to new analysis from the OECD.
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16-Mar-2011
Economic growth will be subdued this year and next in the United Kingdom, but the government must continue its difficult fiscal consolidation and structural reform programmes to return the economy to a sustainable path, according to the OECD’s latest UK Economic Survey.
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Economy: OECD Economic Survey Sweden 2011
23-Jan-2011
OECD Economic Survey of Sweden 2011
After the onset of the crisis, unemployment in Sweden increased markedly, though much less than expected. The challenge going forward is to ensure that high unemployment does not become entrenched or leads to withdrawals from the labour force.
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Economy: OECD Economic Survey of Sweden 2011
23-Jan-2011
Aggressive interest rates cuts, unconventional policy measures and exceptional government support to the financial system all helped contain the depth and length of the recession. Further improving monetary and financial policy frameworks would help cope with future shocks.
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Economy: OECD Economic Survey of Sweden 2011
23-Jan-2011
In the face of the crisis, Sweden’s healthy public finances proved a major asset. Going forward, maintaining a sound fiscal framework, encouraging greater labour force participation and further increasing the efficiency of public spending would help cope with future negative shocks and various fiscal pressures
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Economy: OECD Economic Survey of Sweden 2011
21-Jan-2011
Sweden has developed an extensive and sound policy framework to limit greenhouse gas emissions. It is now one of the OECD countries with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions per capita and it has successfully managed to decouple GDP growth from emissions growth. However, as Sweden has already significantly lowered its greenhouse gas emissions, the cost of reducing them further could be very high, making it urgent to improve the cost-effectiveness of Sweden’s climate change policies.
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31-Dec-2010
What changes are needed to make counter-cyclical economic policy more effective in the aftermath of the recent crisis? An important lesson from the severity of the recent recession is that policy in various areas will have to be more prudent during upswings and to build in greater safety margins to be able to react to large adverse shocks.
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Monetary policy reaction functions in the OECD
31-Dec-2010
Monetary policy reaction functions can provide insights into the factors influencing monetary policy decisions. Empirical estimates suggest that differences exist across countries as to whether monetary policy reacts solely to expected inflation or also takes into account expected output developments.
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09-Sep-2010
The world economic recovery may be slowing faster than previously anticipated, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Assessment. Growth in the Group of Seven countries is expected to be around 1½ per cent on an annualized basis in the second half of 2010 compared with the previous estimate of around 2½ per cent in the OECD’s May Economic Outlook.
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22-Jun-2010
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría hailed the budgetary measures announced today by U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne as a courage move that will underpin fiscal consolidation while supporting economic recovery.
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