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News & Events
News
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04-Sep-2007
Recent performance has been impressive but sustaining strong growth over the long term will require major improvements in framework conditions for business and the regulatory environment, as well as steps to enhance competition in product markets.
See the news release .
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13-Jul-2007
Despite Austria’s strong economic performance, some structural weaknesses highlight the need for increasing competition in services, removing obstacles to labour market participation, promoting further regional integration, and strengthening the fiscal policy framework.
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27-Jun-2007
With short-term prospects somewhat brighter, and budgetary prospects improved, this year’s Survey looks at some long term challenges. The performance of policies for education and those for poverty and social exclusion is satisfactory or better in many areas, but cost-effectiveness can be improved and more focus on employment is needed. Policy has begun to prepare for the economic impact of population ageing, but there is no room to relax in seeking to contain fiscal costs and to increase employment among older workers.
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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.
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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.
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01-Jun-2007
At the Summit, G8 leaders asked the OECD, together with the IEA, to act as a platform for dialogue between G8 countries and the major emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa on issues including innovation, freedom of investment, corporate social responsibility and development in Africa, and energy efficiency.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Top of page
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How deep is the impact of the recent oil and credit shocks on the productive potential of OECD economies?
Issue No. 83
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