Economic Situation, Analysis and Projections

The Department's macroeconomic work is based on continual monitoring of events and economic policies in Member countries as well as outside the OECD area, including regular projections of short- and medium-term developments. An assessment and outlook is published biannually.

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Recovery still too timid to halt rising unemployment, says OECD Economic Outlook

19-Nov-2009

The economic recovery now spreading across OECD countries is still too timid to halt the continuing rise in unemployment, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook. The jobless rate is expected to peak in the first half of 2010 in the US, but it may not be until 2011 that unemployment begins to fall in the Euro area.

Economic Survey of Denmark 2009

05-Nov-2009

The Danish economy has been hard hit during the global crisis. Substantial measures have been taken to combat its effects. Going forward, the main challenges include restoring fiscal sustainability, raising productivity growth and improving education outcomes.

Iceland: The financial and economic crisis

16-Oct-2009

The global financial and economic crisis has struck Iceland with extreme force. Iceland’s three main banks, accounting for almost all of the banking system, failed in October 2008. They were unable to resist the deterioration in global financial markets following the failure of Lehman Brothers.

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