Mortgage rates are rising: Should we be concerned?
Reading Time: 4 minutesFinancial stress among households should remain contained despite rising mortgage rates, but inflation pressures increase risks for vulnerable borrowers.
OECD Public Integrity Indicators – New data on quality of anti-corruption and public integrity strategies
Reading Time: 4 minutesOECD Public Integrity Indicators, measuring strength of anti-corruption policies, show improvement needed in government strategies to tackle corruption.
South Africa: Improving productivity and the efficiency of public spending to bolster living standards
Reading Time: 4 minutesOECD Economic Survey of South Africa examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on South Africa’s economy and proposes reforms to overcome long-running structural weaknesses and raise living standards.
Addressing the housing challenges in Central and Eastern Europe
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe historical development of housing in Central and Eastern European countries continues to have implications for the tenure, type, quality and affordability of housing today, calling for policy actions to address a looming affordability challenge.
Improving economic opportunities for all in Belgium
Reading Time: 4 minutesContinuing labour market reforms, tackling inequity in education and supporting housing affordability would promote equal access to life chances in Belgium.
No Home for the Young?
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Boris Cournède, OECD Economics Department, and Marissa Plouin, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Many young people,… Read More »No Home for the Young?
Structural reforms to help address the cost of living crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy 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
Addressing medium-term fiscal challenges to address future shocks in Belgium
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Müge Adalet McGowan and Nicolas Gonne, OECD Economics Department The large-scale support to mitigate the economic and social impact… Read More »Addressing medium-term fiscal challenges to address future shocks in Belgium
Un entorno internacional desafiante: ¿Qué oportunidades y desafíos para América Latina?
Reading Time: 5 minutesPor Jens Arnold, Aida Caldera, Priscilla Fialho, Paula Garda, Alberto González Pandiella and Alessandro Maravalle, Departamento de Economía, OCDE Tras… Read More »Un entorno internacional desafiante: ¿Qué oportunidades y desafíos para América Latina?
El Precio de la Guerra
Reading Time: 4 minutesPor Laurence Boone, Economista Jefe y Secretaria General Adjunta de la OCDE. El mundo va a pagar un alto precio… Read More »El Precio de la Guerra