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• Statistical annex

  - 2008-06-01

  Annex Table 29. General government primary balances Surplus (+) or deficit (-) as a per cent of nominal GDP 1990 1991 1992 ...

  Tags: Asia, Australia, Belgium, financial, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Investment, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, OECD, U.K., U.S.

• Germany

  - 2007-12-01

  After slowing in the second quarter, growth has picked up in the third quarter on the back of strong domestic demand. The output gap is likely to be almost closed. Going forward, growth is projected to advance at near trend rates during 2008 and 2009. Following some near-term headwinds, unemployment...

  Tags: FINANCE, financing, Germany, income, Investment, OECD, Taxes, unemployment, VAT

• Letters to the editor

  - 2007-06-29

  I question your statement that China has surpassed the U.S. in exports. We export over $1 trillion per year, and China is currently in third place behind the U.S. and Germany, respectively, as suggested by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: www.oecd.org/document/15/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35363023_1_1_1_1,00.html. --Andrew Reinke fti@foreigntargets.com

  Tags: China, Germany, OECD, U.S.

• Appendix I.2: Supplementary tables

  - 2007-05-01

  Real GDP Percentage changes from previous year 2001 ...

  Tags: database, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, OECD, Portugal, Republic

• U.S. editorial excerpts -4-

  - 2007-02-19

  NEW YORK, Feb. 15 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: FREEDOM AND LABOR (The Wall Street Journal, New York) Europe just got its best jobless report in a very long time. The bad news: In a decade when record numbers of people found work...

  Tags: Benefits, firing, France, Germany, hiring, job, OECD, U.S.

• Fiscal balances and public indebtedness

  - 2006-12-01

  Annex Table 25. General government total outlays Per cent of nominal GDP 1989 1990 ...

  Tags: Germany, Government, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, OECD, outlay, Poland, Portugal, Republic, U.S.

• European rendezvous.

  - 2006-07-27

  Byline: Helena Keers Jul 27, 2006 (AFR Smart Investor - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Increased interest rates and a decline in house prices may quell the Australian property market until 2008. The European Central Bank reports that in the last year, there was...

  Tags: FINANCE, Germany, investor, OECD, overcapacity

• IMMIGRATION : SPAIN SEES BIGGEST INFLUX OF MIGRANTS IN EU

  - 2006-06-09

  Europe Information 06-09-2006 Spain took in over a million legal immigrants in 2003 and 2004, newly-released OECD figures show(1). That makes it the most significant migrant-receiving state in the EU. Lagging some way behind were Germany, the United Kingdom and France, each receiving about 200,000 immigrants a year. Slovakia (+72%),...

  Tags: Finland, Germany, immigrant, immigration, OECD, Spain

• OECD urges Germany to press on with reforms to boost growth

  - 2006-05-30

  BERLIN AFP — The OECD has urged Germany to press ahead with reforms, notably of its labour market and its education system, to help boost growth and spur consumer demand, traditionally the Achilles' heel of recovery in the eurozone's biggest economy. "The German appears to be in a position...

  Tags: Germany, OECD, recovery

• German deficit seen back within EU limits by 2007: OECD

  - 2006-05-23

  PARIS AFP — Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, will be able to bring its public deficit back within EU limits by 2007, the OECD predicted. It forecast that the German deficit, which amounted to 3.3 percent of gross domestic product GDP last year, should narrow further to 3.1 percent...

  Tags: FINANCE, Germany, Government, inflation, OECD, Taxes, VAT