Monthly Economic Indicators

Composite Leading Indicators

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Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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08-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators  (updated continuously) - Composite leading indicators (CLIs) are presented in two different forms. They are the trend restored CLIs and the annualised 6-month rate of changes of CLIs.

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, June 2009 update

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08-Jun-2009

While is still too early to assess whether it is a temporary or a more durable turning point, OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for April 2009 point to a reduced pace of deterioration in most of ...

Composite Leading Indicators: Original Release Data

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07-Jul-2006

Source: MEI Original Release Data and Revisions Database (updated monthly) - Access time series data for OECD Composite Leading Indicators as originally published in each monthly edition of the OECD Main Economic Indicators...

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Manuals, Sources and Methods (6)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitions

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08-Jun-2009

The Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitionsnotes provide a brief general description of the indicators and an outline of key issues that can impact on use of the data.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLI) zone aggregation methodology

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28-Nov-2008

This document describes the zone aggregation methodology for the eight indicators in the OECD Composite Leading Indicator (CLI) framework.

Handbook on constructing composite leading indicators: methodology and user guide

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27-Nov-2008

A guide for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties. In particular, this handbook is concerned with indicators which compare and ...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLI) news release to focus on amplitude adjusted CLI

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05-Oct-2007

The OECD will change the way it presents its Composite Leading Indicator (CLI) in the monthly news release beginning in November 2007 in order to make it easier to interpret.

Composite Leading Indicators for Major OECD Non-member Economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa) and Recently New OECD Member Countries (Korea, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic)

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12-Apr-2006

The OECD has developed CLIs for the major six OECD non-member economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa) monitored by the organisation and six recently new OECD member ...

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Composite Leading Indicators

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10-Feb-2006

 Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

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Business Tendency and Consumer Opinion Indicators

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Business and Consumer Confidence Indicators for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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08-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated monthly according to MEI timetable ). Access the full database of consumer opinion and business tendency indicators for all sectors of the economy covering OECD countries, China,

Standardised Confidence Indicators for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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08-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated monthly according to MEI timetable ). The OECD Standardised Confidence Indicators (for manufacturing industry and consumers) are confidence indicators...

Financial crisis sees collapse in OECD consumer confidence

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06-Feb-2009

Recent data on consumer confidence suggests that households are quite pessimistic on the severity of the current financial crisis, and its impact on the economy at large. Confidence indicators for OECD ...

Events/Conferences/Meetings (3)

Fourth Joint European Commission-OECD Workshop on International Development of Business and Consumer Tendency Surveys, Brussels, 12 - 13 October 2009

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30-Jun-2009

The objective of the joint EC– OECD workshop on the international development of business and consumer tendency surveys on 12 - 13 October 2009 is to foster harmonization of business and consumer opinion ...

Third Joint European Commission-OECD Workshop on International Development of Business and Consumer Tendency Surveys, Brussels, 12 - 13 November 2007

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09-Nov-2007

The main objective of the two day workshop was to discuss work carried out in the framework of the OECD task forces on the priority tasks identified at the second joint European Commission - OECD Workshop ...

OECD Workshop on Business and Consumer Tendency Surveys, Rome, 19 September 2006

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15-Sep-2006

Held at the Bank of Italy, 19 September 2006

Manuals, Sources and Methods (1)

Business Tendency and Consumer Surveys - Methodological Guidelines and Good Practices

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27-Apr-2007

Metadata and methodology on business tendency and consumer surveys

Main Economic Indicators, Country Comparison Tables

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OECD Main Economic Indicators - Country Comparison Tables

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08-Jun-2009

OECD Main Economic Indicators - Country Comparison Tables: Databases by subject
Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators 

OECD MEI Original Release Data and Revisions Database

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07-Jul-2006

Access time series data for 21 key economic variables as originally published in each monthly edition of the MEI from February 1999 onwards. Accessing this source of originally published data will enable ...

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Meeting of the OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Expert Group (STESEG), Paris, 10 - 11 September 2009

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03-Jul-2009

The OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Expert Group (STESEG) meeting will be held at OECD headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016, on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 September 2009.

Meeting of the OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) - Paris, 23 - 24 June 2008

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22-Oct-2008

The OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) meeting was held at the OECD headquarters at 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016, from Monday 23 June to Tuesday 24 June 2008.

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Manuals, Sources and Methods (2)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitions

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08-Jun-2009

The Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitionsnotes provide a brief general description of the indicators and an outline of key issues that can impact on use of the data.

OECD Main Economic Indicators - Online Sources and Definitions

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05-Sep-2008

Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

Key Short-term Indicators

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Latest Key Short-Term Indicators for OECD Countries

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08-Jun-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (MEI)  . Updated monthly according to the MEI publication timetable. Includes the latest data on Gross domestic product, Leading indicators, Consumer price indices, Current balance, Unemployment rates and Interest rate

OECD Key Economic Indicators (KEI) Database

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08-Jun-2009

Provides access to long time series of growth rates for a number of Key Economic Indicators (GDP, production, cyclical indicators, standardised unemployment rates, prices, financial indicators, trade...) collected within the Main Economic Indicators database.

Graphs of Short-Term Economic Indicators for OECD Member Countries and the Euro Area

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11-May-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated monthly). Includes a wide range of indicators such as: output, demand, labour market, prices, financial markets and balance of payments.

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