By Cassie Castle, OECD. The OECD has released the 2023 update of its Energy, Transport & Communication Regulation (ETCR) indicators.… Read More »New time-series data shed light on regulatory trends in energy, transport, and telecoms since 1975
By Ben Conigrave, OECD. After falling relative to overall public expenditure and GDP in the three decades after the Cold… Read More »Higher defence spending brings forward hard fiscal policy choices and has an uncertain economic impact
By Christophe André, Manuel Bétin, Peter Gal and Paul Peltier. The release of Deepseek’s R1 model on January 20th stunned… Read More »Developments in Artificial Intelligence markets: New evidence on model characteristics, prices and providers
By Federica De Pace, OECD Czechs, young and old, possess solid skills. Since 2012, 15-year-olds have consistently outperformed the OECD… Read More »Improving education and skills in Czechia
By Claudia Ramirez Bulos and Adolfo Rodriguez-Vargas Thanks to its strong macroeconomic framework, the Chilean economy has weathered significant challenges… Read More »Unlocking Chile’s productivity growth
By Zuzana Smidova Link to the blog in Polish Living standards in Poland have increased significantly over the past two decades,… Read More »Poland: Towards a strong and healthy economy
– By Caroline Roulet – Real estate assets are the largest store of wealth in the OECD countries, valued at… Read More »Commercial real estate markets after the end of “low for long”: Risks and policy challenges
By Laura Betschka, Natalia García Soto and Max Glanville. This blog is based on the editorial and Chapters 1 and… Read More »Resilience in uncertain times
By Caroline Roulet. Private credit has become an important source of financing Private credit is a form of non-bank financing… Read More »The rise of private credit markets: A threat to financial stability?
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