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• Regional Internet Registries Appeal for IPv6 Investment at OECD Conference on 'The Future of the Internet Economy'

  - 2008-06-17

  The cost of migrating the Internet infrastructure to IPv6 will be significant, but the cost of not making this investment will end up being far higher SEOUL, South Korea -- The Number Resource Organization NRO, which is made up of the world's five Regional Internet Registries RIRs, AfriNIC, APNIC,...

  Tags: INTERNET, Internet-infrastructure, investment, IP, IPv6, NETWORKING, OECD, registry, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Oil & gas: how high can prices go? A report researched and written by international economic analyst Moin Siddiqi

  - 2008-06-01

  THE INEXORABLE SURGE in crude oil prices from below $70/ barrel last August defies the conventional wisdom that says prices will drop when global economic activity slows and energy demand decelerates. According to the International Monetary Fund IMF, "The world economy has entered new and precarious territory." The energy-guzzling nations...

  Tags: FINANCE, International Energy Agency, Investment, OECD, OPEC

• Chapter 1: General assessment of the macroeconomic situation

  - 2008-06-01

  Overview Growth is slowing in response to strong headwinds The odds are improving that financial market turmoil has passed its peak. Still, its fallout will continue to act as a brake on growth for considerable time to come. Other headwinds causing the on-going slowdown in activity in the...

  Tags: asset, bank, FINANCE, financial, inflation, investment, Japan, OECD, tax, U.S.

• United States

  - 2008-06-01

  The economy is facing strong headwinds, which are exerting a sizeable drag on activity. The financial crisis is resulting in a credit squeeze, declining house prices are putting pressure on household wealth and the sharp increase in commodity prices is eroding workers' disposable incomes. The response of macroeconomic policy will...

  Tags: financial, income, inflation, investment, OECD

• Japan

  - 2008-06-01

  Although output growth is slowing somewhat, wage gains and a rebound in housing investment should help sustain the expansion in 2008, and growth is projected to pick up during 2009. While headline inflation has risen to about 1% as a result of soaring import prices, underlying inflation is around zero...

  Tags: FINANCE, inflation, investment, Japan, OECD, salary

• Germany

  - 2008-06-01

  Following weaker activity at the end of 2007, growth picked up strongly at the beginning of the current year. So far, there is little evidence of significant adverse effects on the real economy coming from the financial turmoil, the strong euro or high commodity prices. However, growth is expected to...

  Tags: FINANCE, financial, income, investment, OECD, Taxes

• Italy

  - 2008-06-01

  Economic activity seems to have stalled since the first half of 2007. The weakening external environment and knock-on effects from tighter credit conditions will constrain growth to below its potential rate of around 1 1/4 per cent this year, while unemployment may rise again. The recent surge in consumer price...

  Tags: FINANCE, financial, inflation, investment, Italy, OECD

• 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.

• OECD reports progress

  - 2008-06-01

  The OECD has reported that private equity funds in Africa are soaring, and have described the development as the "African investment story to watch". In its 2008 African Economic Outlook, the OECD said a huge rise in mergers and acquisitions, especially in banking and telecoms, took FDI flows to $36bn...

  Tags: African, FINANCE, Investment, OECD

• Asia fuels growth in steel production and consumption

  - 2008-05-30

  Global steel demand, production and capacity continue to grow at rapid rates, thanks in large part to the surging economies of developing nations, according to the OECD. "Global steelmaking capacity continues to increase rapidly," says a May 23 market update from the OECD Steel Committee. "This could impact the market...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Manufacturing, OECD, Strategy