Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2013

The OECD unemployment rate was stable at 8.0% in December 2012, unchanged from the previous month.

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, February 2013

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) show diverging growth patterns in the economic outlook of major economies.

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Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 29 January 2013

OECD area annual inflation was 1.9% in the year to December 2012, unchanged from the annual rate in the year to November 2012. Annual inflation rates for all major components of the CPI were also broadly stable with energy price inflation at 2.9% and food price inflation at 2.1%.

Employment situation, third quarter 2012, OECD

The OECD area employment rate – defined as the share of people of working-age who are employed – was 65.0% in the third quarter of 2012, unchanged from the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points higher than one year ago.

New OECD-WTO analysis highlights changing face of global trade

Business competitiveness and export performance are increasingly tied to countries’ integration into global production chains and a willingness to open markets to wider imports, according to preliminary international trade data released today by the OECD and the WTO.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2013

The OECD unemployment rate was stable at 8.0% in November 2012, unchanged from the previous month.