By Caroline Klein, Estonia Desk, OECD Economics Department and Olena Havrylchyk, Professor of Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne Pioneers of the Estonian Fintech need a fair level playing field. Estonia, at the forefront of alternative finance should seize the moment to set framework conditions right. Estonia is a frontrunner in alternative … More Getting the most out of Fintech in Estonia
by Catherine L. Mann, Chief Economist and Head of the Economics Department, OECD The challenge of measuring inclusiveness. A standard metric for measuring inequality is the Gini coefficient, which measures income distribution within an economy. But there are many other measures, such as distribution of income deciles, distribution of wealth, distributions of these by regions … More Four Challenges of Inclusive Growth from the OECD’s chief economist
By Margit Molnar and Ben Westmore, China Desk, OECD Economics Department Growth in China has been slowing gradually, but GDP per capita remains on course to almost double between 2010 and 2020. As a result, the Chinese economy will remain the major driver of global growth for the foreseeable future. Patterns across the country vary, … More Enhancing financial stability amid slowing growth in China
By Alain de Serres, Filippo Gori and Mikkel Hermansen, OECD Economics Department Major global crises such as the 2008-09 episode are mercifully rare, but severe recessions have been quite frequent among OECD countries over the past four decades. Even when they do not inflict long-lasting economic damages, they often entail significant costs in terms of … More Strengthening economic resilience: What lessons to draw from the post-1970s record of severe recessions and financial crises
By Catherine L. Mann, OECD Chief Economist The global economy remains in a low-growth trap. In our latest Interim Economic Outlook global GDP growth is set to remain flat around 3% in 2016 and improve modestly to 3.2% in 2017. This is slightly lower than the June Economic Outlook forecast due to weaker conditions in advanced economies, … More Global growth warning: weak trade, financial distortions
