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Statistics, Data and Indicators (10)

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, February 2012

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13-Feb-2012

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) point to a positive change in momentum for the OECD as a whole, driven primarily by the United States and Japan, but similar signs are beginning to emerge in a number ...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, January 2012

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12-Jan-2012

The assessment is little changed compared to last month for most countries, but the CLIs for Japan, United States and Russia are showing stronger signs of a positive change in momentum and remain above ...

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

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12-Jan-2012

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators  (updated continuously) - Composite leading indicators (CLIs) are calculated for 29 OECD countries (Iceland is not included), 6 non-member economies ...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, December 2011

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12-Dec-2011

Composite leading indicators point to a slowdown in economic activity in all major economies, but with some variation in the strength of the slowdown across countries.

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, November 2011

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14-Nov-2011

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) for September 2011 continue pointing to a slowdown in economic activity in most OECD countries and major non-member economies.

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, October 2011

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10-Oct-2011

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) for August 2011, designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, continue to point to a slowdown in economic activity in most OECD countries ...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, September 2011

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12-Sep-2011

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) for July 2011, designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, continue to point to a slowdown in economic activity in most OECD countries ...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, August 2011

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08-Aug-2011

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) for June 2011, designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, continue pointing to a slowdown in activity in most OECD countries and major ...

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, July 2011

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11-Jul-2011

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, point to a slowdown in most major economies for May 2011.

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 (7)

Review of the CLI for 3 countries (China, India and Indonesia), July 2010, OECD

pdf,329Kb,French

09-Jul-2010

In July 2010, the OECD reviewed the CLI for 3 countries (China, India, Indonesia). In doing so, some component series have been dropped or replaced. As a consequence, chronology of turning points of ...

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLI) zone aggregation methodology

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05-Feb-2010

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

Review of the CLI for 8 countries (Brazil, China, Indonesia, Ireland, Korea, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland, the Russian Federation), February 2010, OECD

pdf,1Mb,French

05-Feb-2010

In February 2010, the OECD reviewed the CLI for 8 countries (Brazil, China, Indonesia, Ireland, Korea, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland, the Russian Federation). In doing so, some component series have ...

Interpreting OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs)

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10-Dec-2009

The recent economic and financial crisis has increased the spotlight on the OECD’s CLI and indeed broadened its base of users beyond its traditional specialised audience. To respond to the needs of this ...

Handbook on constructing composite 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 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

English

12-Jan-2012

Access the full database of consumer opinion and business tendency indicators for all sectors of the economy covering OECD countries, China, Brazil, Indonesia, India, South Africa and Russia. The series ...

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

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12-Jan-2012

The Standardised Confidence Indicators (for manufacturing industry and consumers) are confidence indicators comparable across countries. Comparability has been achieved by careful selection of national ...

Consumer confidence shows a slowing down in pace of recovery for the first half of 2010

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26-Jul-2010

Consumer confidence in the OECD area has levelled out since January 2010, possibly announcing a new peak or maybe just indicating uncertainty in the coming months. Confidence levels remain historically ...

Events/Conferences/Meetings (2)

Fifth Joint European Commission-OECD Workshop on International Development of Business and Consumer Tendency Surveys, Brussels, 17 - 18 November 2011

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25-Nov-2011

The objective of the joint EC– OECD workshop on the international development of business and consumer tendency surveys held on 17 - 18 November 2011 is to foster harmonization of business ...

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

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09-Oct-2009

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

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Manuals, Sources and Methods (1)

Business Tendency and Consumer Surveys - Methodological Guidelines and Good Practices

English

27-Apr-2007

Metadata and methodology on business tendency and consumer surveys

Main Economic Indicators, Country Comparison Tables

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OECD MEI Original Release Data and Revisions Database

English

16-Jan-2012

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 ...

Manuals, Sources and Methods (1)

OECD Main Economic Indicators - Online Sources and Definitions

English

11-Sep-2009

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

Key Short-term Indicators

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Key short-term economic indicators

English

12-Jan-2012

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.

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