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OECD Economic Outlook No. 86 - United Kingdom

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19-Nov-2009

Summary of economic developments and projections for the United Kingdom taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook.

United Kingdom - external links to macroeconomic reports and data

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14-Oct-2009

External links to: recent economic data; current interest rates and exchange rates; latest macroeconomic reports; current outlook and projections; government budget information; speeches; relevant si ...

Financial stability in the United Kingdom: Banking on prudence

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22-Jul-2009

Philip Davis

This paper reviews the supervisory and regulatory framework and the many reforms that have already been adopted to remedy these weaknesses. It also provides recommendations for further reforms. 

The English national health service: An economic health check

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22-Jul-2009

Peter Smith and Maria Goddard

This paper provides an overview of the organisation and financing of the National Health Service, reviews its performance, assesses the reforms since the start of the decade and provides recommendations for further development. 

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2009: Structural policies to promote sustainable long-term growth

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29-Jun-2009

While the immediate imperative is to tackle the financial crisis and to steer the economy through the current downturn, there are also a number of longer-term challenges that need to be addressed to foster ...

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2009: Financial stability: banking on prudence

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29-Jun-2009

The UK financial market has been severely affected by the financial market crisis. The crisis has exposed weaknesses in the supervisory framework as well as that for crisis management and resolution. This ...

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2009: The NHS: an economic health check

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29-Jun-2009

The government’s health reform programme since 2000 has covered many aspects of the organisation of health care and was accompanied by a sizeable increase in spending on healthcare. Many of these reforms ...

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2009: Restoring sound public finances

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29-Jun-2009

As in most other OECD countries, the fiscal situation in the UK has deteriorated sharply. While to date the discretionary fiscal stimulus has been relatively modest, after around the turn of the century ...

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2009: Policies to overcome the crisis

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29-Jun-2009

The United Kingdom, like many OECD economies, is experiencing a severe recession as a consequence of a series of global shocks and any recovery in 2010 is likely to be slow. The financial crisis has severely ...

Policy Brief: Economic Survey of the United Kingdom, 2009

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29-Jun-2009

The world economy is being buffeted by several shocks. The United Kingdom, like most OECD economies, is in a deep recession. House prices have fallen after an extended period of large increases which left many households over-extended.

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Economic Outlook n°86