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OECD Quarterly National Accounts data: Zones - GDP expenditure approach

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19-Aug-2009

Updated on a daily basis. These statistics are an extract from the database: OECD Quarterly National Accounts. TIPS ...

OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: August 2009

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14-Aug-2009

Unit labour cost growth for the total economy remained largely steady for most OECD countries in the first quarter of 2009 as sharp falls in real output (gross domestic product at constant prices) due ...

Quarterly Unit Labour Cost indexes for OECD countries

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14-Aug-2009

Source: OECD System of Unit Labour Cost Indicators (updated quarterly at end Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) - Unit labour costs measure the average cost of labour per unit of output. Quarterly data are presented ...

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

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07-Aug-2009

OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for June 2009 point to stronger signs of improvement in the economic outlook of OECD economies compared with last month’s release.

Statistical Variables

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05-Aug-2009

OECD clickable Index of Statistical Variables August 2009.

Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 4 August 2009

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04-Aug-2009

Consumer prices in the OECD area fell by 0.1 % in the year to June 2009, compared with a rise of 0.1% in the year to May. Month-on-month, prices rose by 0.4% in June, compared with 0.2% in May 2009.

Consumer confidence remains low but signs of improvement appear

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23-Jul-2009

Consumer confidence indicators in recent months have pointed to a marked improvement in sentiment since the historic lows recorded towards the beginning of 2009. Whilst encouraging, some caution is needed ...

Statistical narratives

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23-Jul-2009

This new webpage from the OECD Statistics Directorate "Statistical Narratives" is intended as a repository for short statistical notes using the wealth of OECD statistics. The aim of these articles is ...

OECD International trade statistics: trends in first quarter 2009

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15-Jul-2009

The unprecedented and largely synchronized drop in merchandise trade volumes of the Group of Seven (G7) countries of the last quarter 2008 continued in the first quarter 2009.

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

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13-Jul-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.3% in May 2009, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

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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