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Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 30 June 2009

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30-Jun-2009

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 0.1 % in the year to May 2009, compared with 0.6 % in the year to April, continuing the sharp fall in annual inflation since its peak of 4.9% in July 2008. Month-on-month, ...

Consumer Price Indices (CPI) for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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30-Jun-2009

Updated continuously - Data is available in index and in percentage change on the same period of the previous year. Consumer Prices Indices (CPI) are a general measure of inflation. CPI "all items non-food ...

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for OECD member countries

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11-Jun-2009

Updated continuously. Includes GDP and GDP per head for the OECD member countries, the Euro area and 3 zones (OECD Total, OECD Europe and EU15) in USD, volume indices and price indices. It also includes ...

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: June 2009

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09-Jun-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 7.8% in April 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.2 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates and Levels

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09-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - The OECD harmonised unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted) give the numbers of unemployed persons as a percentage of the civilian labour force...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, June 2009 update

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08-Jun-2009

While is still too early to assess whether it is a temporary or a more durable turning point, OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for April 2009 point to a reduced pace of deterioration in most of ...

Latest Key Short-Term Indicators for OECD Countries

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08-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (MEI)  . Updated monthly according to the MEI publication timetable. Includes the latest data on Gross domestic product, Leading indicators, Consumer price indices, Current balance, Unemployment rates and Interest rate

OECD Key Economic Indicators (KEI) Database

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08-Jun-2009

Provides access to long time series of growth rates for a number of Key Economic Indicators (GDP, production, cyclical indicators, standardised unemployment rates, prices, financial indicators, trade...) collected within the Main Economic Indicators database.

Standardised Confidence Indicators for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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08-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated monthly according to MEI timetable ). The OECD Standardised Confidence Indicators (for manufacturing industry and consumers) are confidence indicators...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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08-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators  (updated continuously) - Composite leading indicators (CLIs) are presented in two different forms. They are the trend restored CLIs and the annualised 6-month rate of changes of CLIs.

Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies

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Measuring the Progress of Societies

How does the well-being of societies evolve? Sets of key economic, social and environmental indicators are needed to provide a comprehensive picture. Visit the website to find out more about this project.


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