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• An International Comparison of the Effects of Government Agricultural Support on Food Budget Shares

  - 2008-08-01

  This study evaluates econometrically the effect of government support to agriculture on a measure of the affordability of food in 10 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD countries. The panel model we construct specifically utilizes two values calculated by the OECD: Producer Support Estimates as a percentage of gross...

  Tags: agriculture, coefficient, food, Manufacturing, Miller, OECD, U.S.

• To revive Mfg., bank proposes carbon tax on Chinese imports

  - 2008-06-30

  Imposing a carbon tax on Chinese imports would lead to a resurgence of the U.S. manufacturing industry, according to a report from Canada's largest banking firm, CIBC World Markets. A carbon tariff on imported goods, "may be the only way developed nations will be able to achieve real cuts in...

  Tags: bank, carbon, China, emission, FINANCE, import, OECD, Taxes, U.S.

• 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.

• The implications of supply-side uncertainties for economic policy

  - 2008-06-01

  Introduction Supply-side uncertainties have increased the risk of policy errors ... The increases in real energy and capital costs caused by the oil price shock and financial turmoil are likely to reduce the productive potential of OECD economies. The extent and the speed of these effects are very...

  Tags: FINANCE, inflation, OECD, U.S., unemployment

• 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.

• Deviant economics

  - 2008-04-21

  BARACK OBAMA and Hillary Clinton spend a lot of time railing against the Bush tax cuts. Listen to their stump speeches on the topic and you come away with the sense that President Bush, with his irresponsible cuts, has nearly bankrupted the nation. Supporters of the cuts, meanwhile, have viewed...

  Tags: Bush, FINANCE, OECD, Taxes, U.S.

• Why do Europeans work less? It is taxes and government spending

  - 2008-04-01

  I. INTRODUCTION The reason why Europeans work less than Americans is the subject of intense discussion in recent literature. Prescott (2004), Cardia, Kozhaya, and Ruge-Murcia (2003), and Roeger and De Fiore (1999) emphasize the negative effects of high taxes in Europe. Other authors, like Blanchard (2004) and Alesina, Glaeser,...

  Tags: benefit, Europe, FINANCE, government, income, Italy, OECD, Taxes, U.S.

• Can a 'decoupled' world cure a sneezing US?

  - 2008-03-23

  PARIS AFP — A looming recession in the United States poses a vital question about recent changes in the global economic landscape: has the rest of the world broken its dependency on the US motor? Put another way, and to use one of the most familiar rhetorical questions in...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Asia, OECD, recession, U.S.

• Unemployment claims rising

  - 2008-03-21

  NEW YORK -- A rise in jobless claims and a drop in a key forecasting gauge provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is faltering and may be slipping into recession. The Conference Board, a business-backed research group, said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators...

  Tags: contraction, economist, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, OECD, recession, Taxes, U.S.

• ED in 08 to the Candidates Campaigning in The Buckeye State: Tell Americans How Their Kids Will Compete For Future Jobs

  - 2008-02-22

  To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Elizabeth Snyder, +1-202-384-5330, or Krista Zaharias, +1--202-552-4557, both of ED in '08 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials from ED in 08 will be available in the Spin Room at the February 26th Democratic Presidential Debate at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio to discuss...

  Tags: education, job, OECD, Ohio, U.S.