Bank Profitability: Methodological Country Notes 2000 Edition

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01-Jul-2000

July 2000. These Methodological country notes were prepared to facilitate the comprehension and the interpretation of the statistics published annually under the title Bank Profitability -- Financial Statements of Banks.

Recent Trends in Privatisation: 1999

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12-May-2000

Since 1995, OECD has reported and analysed privatisation activities and trends in the OECD member countries. These articles provide information on privatisation proceeds by country, method of transaction, ...

OECD/IMF Report on the Survey of Implementation of Methodological Standards

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07-Jun-1999

This report examines the statistical measurement of foreign direct investment (FDI) in OECD and IMF Member countries. It provides an essential tool for FDI analysts and policy makers while preparing the ...

Recent Trends in Privatisation: 1998

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12-Feb-1999

For the first time since 1994, global privatisation activity recorded a sharp decline in 1998. Proceeds dropped by 26 per cent to around US$114.5 billion, from an all time high of US$153.8 billion in 1997.

Recent Trends in Privatisation: 1997

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12-Feb-1998

Global privatisation proceeds increased dramatically in 1997 to reach US$153.4 billion, which compared to the 1996 figure of US$98.4 billion, representing a 55 per cent increase. OECD economies still account ...

Recent Trends in Privatisation: 1996

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12-Mar-1997

During the 1990s, the rolling-back of state ownership in the economy through privatisation gathered considerable pace both in OECD countries and outside the OECD area. This process of privatisation is ...

OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment

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06-Nov-1996

Recording comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date statistics on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a prerequisite for economic analysis and policy making. The objective of the Benchmark Definition of ...

Recent Trends in Privatisation: 1995

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12-Feb-1996

Although the current wave of privatisation reflects changes in economic thinking and economic policies that have been gathering force for nearly two decades, privatisation programmes are now larger and ...

Financial crisis: Save our savings

Amid the worst current financial crisis since the 1930s, EU leaders have pledged to protect savers’ deposits. Already most OECD countries have explicit deposit insurance schemes for savings up to certain limits. In a number of countries these have now been raised temporarily.

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