Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: May 2011

The OECD area unemployment rate of 8.2% in March 2011 was unchanged from February following three consecutive monthly decreases.

Brazil: joins OECD agreement on mutual acceptance of chemical safety data

Brazil has joined an OECD chemical testing agreement that allows countries to share and accept each other’s results, saving money for governments and industry and reducing the risk of trade disputes.

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, May 2011

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) are pointing to some divergence in the pace of economic activity across major economies.

OECD welcomes Russia introducing law to make foreign bribery a crime

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomed the recent signing into law by Russian President Dimitri Medvedev of legislation that criminalises foreign bribery, with monetary sanctions for companies and individuals who bribe foreign public officials.

Boosting innovation should be central to regional development policy, OECD says

Regions are the economic engines of the world economy and are increasingly playing a driving role in the push for innovation and economic competitiveness, but...

Kommuniqué der OECD-Sozialministerinnen und -minister

Grundsätzen geeinigt, um den sozialen Zusammenhalt zu fördern und die negativen Folgen der weit reichenden Job- und...

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Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 3 May 2011

OECD annual inflation accelerates to 2.7% in March 2011

OECD Social Policy Ministerial Meeting, final communiqué

Social Policy Ministers meeting at the OECD today agreed several common principles to promote social cohesion and...

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NUCLEAR: OECD/NEA to co-organise G8-G20 meeting on nuclear safety in June

The OECD/NEA will co-organise a G8-G20 meeting on nuclear energy safety issues 7-8 June, as part of international efforts to learn from the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and help prevent similar disasters in the future.

Society : Safeguard social support for poorest families, says OECD’s Gurría

Poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries...