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OECD General Government Accounts - Main aggregates of general government

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16-Jan-2009

The statistics presented are an extract from the OECD database: National Accounts of OECD Countries - Vol. IV: General Government Accounts. This database presents, by country - according to availability ...

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

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12-Jan-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.5% in November 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.8 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

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

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12-Jan-2009

OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for November 2008 point to deep slowdowns in the major seven economies and in major non-OECD member economies, particularly China, India and Russia.

Purchasing power parities (PPPs) and exchange rates

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12-Jan-2009

Updated continuously. Includes Purchasing power parities (PPPs) for GDP and for actual individual consumption and exchange rates (national currency per USD) from 1970 to latest available.

Population and employment by main activity for OECD member countries

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12-Jan-2009

Updated continuously. Includes population and employment in persons (national concept), employment in persons by industry (domestic concept) and employment in full-time equivalents by industry (domestic ...

Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 3 February 2009

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09-Jan-2009

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 1.5% in the year to December 2008, compared with 2.2% in the year to November. Month-on-month, prices fell 0.5% in December, after declining 0.9% in November.

Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 9 January 2009

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09-Jan-2009

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 2.3% in the year to November, compared with 3.7% in the year to October 2008. Month-on-month, prices fell 0.9% in November, after declining 0.3% in October.

Recent Trends in Institutional Investors Statistics

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08-Jan-2009

Data to measure and analyse the increasing role of institutional investors in capital markets has been collected and published by the OECD for a number of years. This dataset is now integrated in the framework ...

Households’ Wealth Composition Across OECD Countries and Financial Risks Borne by Households

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08-Jan-2009

This article presents a combined analysis of households’ financial and non-financial balance sheets across OECD countries over the period 1995-2006. The scope of the study mainly covers households’ gross ...

Measuring entrepreneurship: a digest of indicators

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08-Jan-2009

This report presents the results of the first round of empirical data collected under the  Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme (EIP).

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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