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Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2009: Key Challenges

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14-Jan-2009

The onset of recession amid tumbling inflation and continued financial market turmoil is posing considerable challenges for macroeconomic policy and ECB financial market operations.

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2009

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14-Jan-2009

The first decade of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been a success, but the onset of recession amid ongoing financial turmoil has created new challenges.

Launch of Euro area economic survey

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14-Jan-2009

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

According to Mr. Gurría, the first decade of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been a success, but the onset of recession amid ongoing financial turmoil has created new challenges for monetary and ...

Euro area needs more integrated financial market supervision, says OECD’s Gurría

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14-Jan-2009

OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría has called for a more centralised and integrated supervision of Euro area banks and financial markets to help prevent a recurrence of the financial turmoil which triggered the current recession.

Nigel Pain, OECD Senior Economist, on the Challenges facing the Euro Area Economy

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14-Jan-2009

Nigel Pain, OECD Senior Economist, on the Challenges facing the Euro Area Economy

Policy Brief: Economic Survey of the Euro Area, 2009

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14-Jan-2009

After a sustained period of good macroeconomic performance, new challenges have emerged for the euro area economy. Output growth moderated through 2007 and continued to lose momentum through 2008, with ...

International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2009

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25-Nov-2008

OECD Development Centre

The International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2009 is a high level event taking place in Paris on 26 January, 2009. It is co-organised by the OECD Development Centre together with the French Ministry of Finance, the Inter-American Development Bank and Ubifrance.

European Parliament statement on food-facility plan for developing countries

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19-Nov-2008

The Development Committee has reaffirmed its support for using surpluses in the agriculture budget to help counter the food crisis in developing countries.

European Commission statement on food-facility plan for developing countries

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19-Nov-2008

The European Commission has proposed to establish a special "facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries". The fund would be worth €1 billion and would operate for two years, 2008 and 2009.

OECD supports European Commission food-facility plan for developing-country farmers

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19-Nov-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

On 21 November 2008, the European Parliament will discuss the budgetary aspects of a European Commission proposal to fund a €1 billion Food Facility to assist farmers in developing countries. In a statement, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría affirmed OECD’s support for the proposal.