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• OECD Says Economic Damage Is Lasting, So Stimulus Should Continue

  BNET - 2009-06-25

  Emerging-market economies are already in recovery, and the U.S. and Japan should soon follow, said the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD on June 25. But the next few years of recovery will be weak and fragile, and because the world's economic machinery has suffered severe damage that will...

  Tags: OECD, Recovery, Stimulus, Government, John Keefe

• Australian Jobless 7.7% in 2010: OECD

  AAP - 2009-06-24

  The OECD is less pessimistic about the outlook for the Australian unemployment rate than the federal government, but warns future economic conditions are "wrought with uncertainty".In its latest economic outlook, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD expects Australian economic growth to contract in 2009, leaving scope for...

  Tags: OECD, Government, Federal Government, AAP

• U.S. Recession to Bottom Out This Year: OECD

  Reuters - 2009-06-24

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A severe U.S. recession will bottom out this year, but any recovery will be weak due to anemic markets and shrunken consumer wealth, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Wednesday."In this environment, a considerable degree of economic slack, especially in the labor market, is...

  Tags: OECD, Balance Sheets, Mortgages, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Finance, Capital Structures

• OECD Forecasts Economy to Shrink

  ReutersUK - 2009-06-24

  By David MillikenPARIS (Reuters UK) - Britain's economy will shrink by 4.3 percent this year, its fastest pace of decline since World War Two, and stagnate in 2010, top international researchers said Wednesday.The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based think-tank funded by 30 countries including Britain, said the...

  Tags: OECD, Government, Vertical Industries, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, Financial Statements, Britain

• Anti-corruption Body Raps UK

  ReutersUK - 2009-06-23

  By Sophie HardachPARIS (Reuters UK) - The failure of many rich states to crack down on bribery in foreign business deals threatens the fight against corruption, and the global economic crisis could make the situation worse, an advocacy group said on Tuesday.Transparency International said only four of the 36 countries...

  Tags: OECD, Convention, Bribery, Oukbs

• Oil a Sign of Economic Improvement: IEA

  AAP - 2009-06-12

  Oil may be sending a message that the recession is easing up in advanced economies, the IEA said on Thursday, raising its estimate for global demand for the first time for many months.The data suggested that this slight upward boost came from leading industrialised economies and particularly from activity...

  Tags: OECD, Barrel, Transportation, AFP

• OECD Economic Forecasts Remain Gloomy

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-17

  Markham Lee submits: Here is an graphic from the Economist depicting the forecasts from the OECD for the U.S., the Eurozone, Japan and OECD overall: click to enlarge by Markham Lee

  Tags: OECD, Seeking Alpha, Markham Lee

• As Presidential Debate Highlights Need for Competition in U.S. Public Education, First-Ever Multi-National Study Shows Competition from Private Schools Improves Achievement for Both Public and Private School Students

  - 2008-10-16

  Countries with Higher Private School Enrollment Produce Higher Scores on the PISA International Test STANFORD, Calif. -- With both presidential candidates highlighting the critical need for competition in U.S. public education in their final national debate, a new multi-national study released today by Education Next shows that competition from...

  Tags: education, Education, OECD

• NERA Vice President Agustin Ros to Join OECD "Competition Team" in Mexico

  - 2008-10-13

  Dr. Ros will co-lead a team of economic experts working with Mexican authorities to improve regulations NEW YORK -- NERA Economic Consulting congratulates Dr. Agustin Ros on his selection by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD to co-lead a team of experts associated with Mexico's independent competition...

  Tags: Dr., OECD, team

• OECD hikes US growth forecast, sees UK recession

  - 2008-09-02

  PARIS AFP — The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday raised its forecast for US economic growth this year but cut its estimates for Japan and the eurozone, and said Britain faced recession. The OECD, the Paris-based grouping of 30 developed countries, said the US economy would...

  Tags: Britain, Japan, OECD, recession