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OECD Quarterly output gap revisions database, August 2008

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25-Jul-2008

This database allows users to assess the reliability of the first estimates of quarterly output gap of 15 OECD member countries that have a sufficient long history of seasonally adjusted quarterly Economic ...

OECD Key Economic Indicators (KEI) Database

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17-Jul-2008

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.

Statistical Variables

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16-Jul-2008

OECD clickable Index of Statistical Variables July 2008

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: July 2008

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11-Jul-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.7% in May 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.1 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) - Updated: July 2008

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11-Jul-2008

The latest composite leading indicators point strongly to a slowdown in economic activity in the OECD area.

Latest Key Short-Term Indicators for OECD Countries

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11-Jul-2008

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

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11-Jul-2008

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.

Registered unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (Updated continuously) - Unemployment statistics derived from administrative registers.

Survey based unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) -  Unemployment rates and levels derived from labour force surveys.

Standardised Unemployment Rates for OECD countries

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11-Jul-2008

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

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