By Patrice Ollivaud and Ben Westmore. Consumption growth remains weak in OECD economies, despite buoyant real disposable income growth over… Read More »The key role of food and energy inflation in shaping consumer confidence
by Clare Lombardelli, OECD Chief Economist Inflation is easing, but growth is slowing. The tightening of monetary policy needed to… Read More »Restoring growth
Clare Lombardelli, Cheffe économiste de l’OCDE L’inflation s’atténue, mais la croissance ralentit. Le resserrement des politiques monétaires nécessaire pour lutter… Read More »Rétablir la croissance
By Tim Bulman, OECD Economics Department Croatia, with a population of four million and independent as of three decades ago… Read More »On the path to the top league: sustaining Croatia’s convergence
By Geoff Barnard and Patrice Ollivaud, OECD Economics Department In an earlier post on this blog, the decomposition of GDP inflation (year-on-year increases in… Read More »How widespread has the rise in unit profits been?
By Geoff Barnard and Patrice Ollivaud, OECD Economics Department With the upsurge in inflation in 2021-22 in many countries creating… Read More »Inflation factors: how returns to capital and labour have contributed to domestic inflation pressures
Inflation dispersion has surged and could raise further, complicating macroeconomic policy. This requires reforms to make the euro area more resilient.
By David Turner, Balázs Egert and Jarka Botev, OECD Economics Department. In the latest forecasts published by the OECD, the… Read More »Structural reforms to help address the cost of living crisis
By Hélène Blake and Tim Bulman, OECD Economics Department. In the 12 months leading to March 2022, average home energy… Read More »Surging energy prices are hitting everyone, but which households are more exposed?
By Patrice Ollivaud and Geoff Barnard, OECD Economics Department A major challenge for policy makers is understanding whether, in the… Read More »Inflation with all the trimmings – using trimmed means to compare underlying inflation in major OECD economies