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05-Sep-2008
OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for July 2008 indicate a continued weakening outlook for all the major seven economies. The latest data for major non-OECD member economies tentatively point to expansion in China, Brazil and Russia and a downturn in India.
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02-Sep-2008
Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 4.8% in the year to July 2008, compared with 4.4% in the year to June 2008. On a monthly basis, the price level rose by 0.4% in July, compared with 0.6% in June.
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20-Aug-2008
In the United States GDP grew by 0.5% in the second quarter of 2008, higher than in the previous quarter. Japan's GDP declined by 0.6%, the largest quarterly decrease observed since the third quarter of 2001. GDP in the euro area declined by 0.2%, down from 0.7% in the previous quarter.
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18-Aug-2008
All major OECD economies recorded moderate growth in Unit Labour Costs for market services for the first quarter of 2008.
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05-Sep-2008
OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for July 2008 indicate a continued weakening outlook for all the major seven economies. The latest data for major non-OECD member economies tentatively point to expansion in China, Brazil and Russia and a downturn in India.
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08-Aug-2008
Latest main economic data for 6 non-member countries (including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa).
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31-Jul-2008
Despite a modest recovery of quarterly trade volumes (2.5% for exports and 0.4% for imports), year-on-year import volume growth of the Group of Seven continued to slow in the first quarter 2008 to only 1.0%, the lowest rate since the first quarter 2006. Exports were up 5.6% in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
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02-Sep-2008
Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 4.8% in the year to July 2008, compared with 4.4% in the year to June 2008. On a monthly basis, the price level rose by 0.4% in July, compared with 0.6% in June.
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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.
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