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Avoiding a new financial crisis

27-Jan-2010

Adrian Blundell-Wignall, OECD Special Advisor on Financial Markets

Adrian Blundell-Wignall talks about the impact of US proposals for banking reform and how they can help avoid a new financial crisis.

Obama plan for banks can help to avoid a new financial crisis

25-Jan-2010

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD

U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to separate core commercial banking from some higher-risk activities in financial conglomerates and to place a moratorium on further consolidation could help to avoid a new financial crisis by resolving some major risks inherent to the current financial system.

Benefits and Wages: United States 2009 - Tax-benefit country chapter

18-Jan-2010

This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in the United States in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.

Benefits and Wages: United States 2008 - Tax-benefit country chapter

18-Jan-2010

This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in the United States in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.

Tools for Regulatory Quality and Financial Sector Regulation: A Cross-country Perspective

21-Dec-2009

Julia Black, Stéphane Jacobzone

This Working Paper provides a comparative perspective on the application of quality regulation principles to financial sector regulators, in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and France.

Self-evaluation report: the Southern Arizona region

15-Dec-2009

The Self-evaluation report for the Southern Arizona (US) region was prepared with the support of the Lumina Foundation for Education, as an input to the OECD Review of Higher Education in Regional and City Development.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009: United States Highlights

14-Dec-2009

This country note, extracted from the STI Scoreboard 2009, explores recent developments in matters relating to innovation, science, technology and globalisation in the United States.  

OECD Health at a Glance 2009: Key findings for the United States

08-Dec-2009

The United States spent 16% of GDP on health in 2007, much more than the OECD average of 8.9%. Spending per person is almost two-and-a-half times higher than the OECD average.