By Boris Cournède and Caroline Roulet, OECD Economics Department Housing finance is critical to help households make their typically largest… Read More »The landscape of housing finance in OECD countries: shifts and faultlines
By Sophie Guilloux-Nefussi and Elena Rusticelli, OECD Economics Department. The car industry has been severely affected by supply-side constraints in… Read More »Supply-side disruptions are dragging down the automotive sector
By Kei Oguro, Douglas Sutherland and Vincent Koen, OECD Economics Department The pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese… Read More »How the digital transformation can help Japan secure sustainable growth
By Dennis Dlugosch and Rauf Gönenç, OECD Economics Department Austria faces several challenges. Beyond the immediate task to minimise the… Read More »Austria: Addressing three major challenges for a stronger and more sustainable recovery
By Pawel Adrjan, Alexandre Judes, Tara Sinclair (Indeed Hiring Lab), Gabriele Ciminelli, Michael Koelle, and Cyrille Schwellnus (OECD Economics Department) The pandemic has triggered a surge in telework. In a new paper,… Read More »Will telework persist after the pandemic?
By Andrew Barker, Hélène Blake and Patrick Lenain, OECD Economics Department Denmark has embarked on an impressive climate policy agenda… Read More »Towards net zero emissions in Denmark
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
By Mauro Pisu, Christina von Rüden, Hyunjeong Hwang and Giuseppe Nicoletti, OECD Economics Department Over the past decades, policy makers… Read More »Spurring growth and closing gaps through digitalisation in a post-COVID world: Policies to LIFT all boats
By Laurence Boone, Boris Cournède, OECD Economics Department; and Marissa Plouin, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Following a period when homelessness… Read More »Finland’s Zero Homeless Strategy: Lessons from a Success Story
By Caroline Klein, OECD Economics Department Like most countries around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Portugal severely, taking a… Read More »Portugal: Policy action for a strong and sustainable recovery