Monthly Economic Indicators

Composite Leading Indicators

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

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11-Jul-2008

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.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) - Updated: July 2008

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11-Jul-2008

The latest composite leading indicators point strongly to a slowdown in economic activity in the OECD area.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) - Updated: June 2008

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06-Jun-2008

April 2008 data indicate a continued weakening outlook for all the major seven economies.

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

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11-Jul-2008

The Explanatory notes provide a brief general description of the indicators and an outline of key issues that can impact on use of the data.

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.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLI) zone aggregation methodology

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28-Jun-2007

This document describes the zone aggregation methodology for the eight indicators in the OECD Composite Leading Indicator (CLI) framework. The described methodology is applied starting from July 2007.

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.

An Update of the OECD Composite Leading Indicators - December 2002

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06-Dec-2002

The update outlined in this document ensures that the CLI calculation is based on more up-to- date chronologies of turning points. As a result, the trend estimation, which is a crucial element of the OECD methodology, will be strongly improved.

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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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06-Jun-2008

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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06-Jun-2008

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

Events/Conferences/Meetings (2)

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

Main Economic Indicators, Country Comparison Tables

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OECD Main Economic Indicators - Country Comparison Tables

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11-Jul-2008

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 Working Party (STESWP) - Paris, 23 - 24 June 2008

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25-Jun-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.

Meeting of the OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP) - Paris, 25 - 27 June 2007

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02-Jul-2007

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 25 June to Wednesday 27 June 2007.

Manuals, Sources and Methods (2)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Explanatory Notes

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11-Jul-2008

The Explanatory notes 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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06-Jul-2007

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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11-Jul-2008

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

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

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11-Jul-2008

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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Main Economic Indicators - Explanatory Notes on Country Graphs

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02-Oct-2001

Part Two of Main Economic Indicators (MEI), contains for 29 of the 30 OECD Member countries a page of graphs and a table of short-term indicators. Country graphs are presented alternatively following or preceding the corresponding country tables.

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