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News & Events
News
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16-Oct-2009
The ongoing financial crisis has made euro adoption more attractive than ever and put it on the top of the country’s policy agenda. However, shocks affecting Estonia are only weakly synchronized with those of the euro area, and the structure of its economy also notably differs from the euro zone.
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16-Oct-2009
The global financial and economic crisis has struck Iceland with extreme force. Iceland’s three main banks, accounting for almost all of the banking system, failed in October 2008. They were unable to resist the deterioration in global financial markets following the failure of Lehman Brothers.
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16-Oct-2009
Monetary and fiscal policies face huge challenges: the banking sector has collapsed; the economy is in the midst of a deep recession; the exchange rate has plunged; capital flows have been frozen; inflation is elevated; public debt has risen; source of revenues have disappeared; social needs have increased; and the unemployment insurance fund has been nearly depleted.
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06-Oct-2009
In contrast to the once prevailing norm of secrecy and opaqueness, transparency has now become one of the main features characterising the conduct of monetary policy. Detailed analysis of eleven OECD central banks shows that communication practices have converged markedly in the direction of ever greater transparency.
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25-Sep-2009
Policy conditions placed on aid rarely improve its impact on growth and human development. However, donors continue to place significant conditions on their giving. A new study by Development Centre Senior Economist Andy Mold calls for more modesty from the donor community when defining “good” and “bad” practices, and concludes that the financial crisis should act as a catalyst for a thorough re-examination of aid conditionality. Recipient countries need to say ‘no’ more often to aid with excessive strings attached.
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09-Sep-2009
Where a party in control of a company enters into a transaction to the detriment of non controlling shareholders – is one of the biggest corporate governance challenges facing the Asian business landscape. This Guide provides options for monitoring and curbing such abusive related party transactions.
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09-Sep-2009
The Practical Guide to Corporate Governance: Experiences from the Latin American Companies Circle highlights the challenges, priorities and tangible benefits of adopting leading corporate governance practices in the region. The publication offers a first look at Latin American company results during the recent period of financial crisis showing that firms recognized for better corporate governance practices suffered less damage than average listed Latin American companies. It is now available for dowload.
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24-Aug-2009
The self-regulating capacity of price-level targeting can be undermined if central banks are not fully credible. Besides, aggressive inflation targeting can replicate some of (but not all) the benefits of price-level targeting. On balance, the case for adopting price-level targeting is not clear-cut, all the more so since transition costs are likely to be significant.
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Events
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from 26-Nov-2009 to 27-Nov-2009
The 4th OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management will be held on 26-27 November 2009. Discussion will include the formulation and implementation of debt management strategy in a changing borowing environment and operational risk management.
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from 25-Nov-2009 to 26-Nov-2009
This Global Forum will be held on 25-26 November 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris. It will provide an overview of the highlights of the impact of the global financial crisis on funding needs and borrowing strategies in different regions; the new policy challenges with a focus on Asian debt managers, and on the urgent policy changes in the new borrowing landscape.
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on 09-Sep-2009
The financial crisis revealed serious shortcomings in corporate governance around the world. What lessons can companies and regulators learn from the crisis? And what role can they play in improving global governance standards to help rebuild trust and confidence in financial markets?
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Updated continuously - Access time series of immediate (overnight), short-term (3 month interbank rate), and long-term (10 yr bonds) interest rates for OECD countries and major non-member economies.
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Download latest data (updated continuously) - The exchange rates present daily averages of spot rates quoted for the US dollar on national markets expressed as national currency unit per US dollar.
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Download latest data (updated continuously) - Share prices data refer most frequently to "all shares".
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from 20-Oct-2009 to 21-Oct-2009
The next annual meeting of the Working Party on Debt Management (WPDM) was held in Paris on 20-21 October 2009. Following on the discussions held during the Second Special Session of the Working Party on Debt Management , topics for the WPDM included:
- Impact of guarantees on the operations by DMOs
- Rating issues, including the impact (if any) of the increase in borrowing requirements and guarantees on sovereign ratings
- Secondary market liquidity and the scope and usefulness of market-making obligations
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from 15-Dec-2009 to 16-Dec-2009
Taking place in Rio de Janeiro, this conference seeks to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, particularly in Latin America. This event is co-organised by the OECD and the Brazilian government, with sponsorship from the Japanese government.
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on 15-Jun-2009
The conference focused on three key themes: the role of internal audit and audit committees, the role of external auditors, and disclosure and accounting standards.
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from 28-May-2009 to 29-May-2009
The conference focused primarily on corporate governance lessons emerging from the current financial crisis.
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