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How the Lucky Country Can Stay That Way: Improving Productivity Growth, Housing Affordability and Fiscal Sustainability in Australia

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Australia is often called the “Lucky Country,” but maintaining high living standards will require reforms to lift productivity growth, restore housing affordability, and strengthen fiscal sustainability. Drawing on the OECD Economic Survey of Australia 2026, this blog highlights key priorities—from boosting competition and business dynamism to easing housing supply constraints and improving the tax mix—while keeping long-term resilience and climate risks in view.
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Stablecoins on the rise: A risk for financial stability? 

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Caroline Roulet, OECD Economics Department. Stablecoins are a type of crypto-asset designed to maintain a stable value by anchoring… Read More »Stablecoins on the rise: A risk for financial stability? 

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Building a better housing market in Denmark: a reform package to improve efficiency, raise supply and enhance affordability

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Jarmila Botev, Peter Hoeller, Caroline Klein Danish housing policy aims at providing quality and affordable accommodation to all in… Read More »Building a better housing market in Denmark: a reform package to improve efficiency, raise supply and enhance affordability

Powering competitiveness: Europe’s path to energy security and growth

Reading Time: 4 minutesby Ruben Maximiano and Wouter Meester, OECD Economics Department. Europe’s competitiveness is increasingly linked to the availability of secure, affordable… Read More »Powering competitiveness: Europe’s path to energy security and growth

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Making housing more affordable in Portugal

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Portugal’s housing has become increasingly unaffordable. This blog explores the causes and outlines coordinated reforms to boost supply, mobilise housing, and expand support.

By Timo Leidecker, Antoine Goujard and Aida Caldera-Sanchez, OECD Economics Department

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Aprovechar el impulso de España para sostener el crecimiento y la convergencia de ingresos

Reading Time: 5 minutesPor Aida Caldera, Claudia Ramírez y Dimitris Mavridis, OCDE Versión en inglés Desde la pandemia, la economía española ha crecido… Read More »Aprovechar el impulso de España para sostener el crecimiento y la convergencia de ingresos

Leveraging Spain’s momentum to sustain growth and income convergence

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Aida Caldera, Claudia Ramírez and Dimitris Mavridis, OECD Spanish version Since the pandemic, Spain’s economy has grown robustly and… Read More »Leveraging Spain’s momentum to sustain growth and income convergence

Time for a regulatory reset? Clearing the path for productivity and dynamism

Reading Time: 7 minutesBy Dan Andrews, Joana Duran-Franch and Sébastien Turban, OECD Economics Department. Over recent years, governments across the OECD have expressed… Read More »Time for a regulatory reset? Clearing the path for productivity and dynamism

Uncertainty: A persistent drag on trade

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy Catherine MacLeod and Elena Rusticelli, OECD Economics Department. Global trade growth has been surprisingly robust in 2025, boosted by… Read More »Uncertainty: A persistent drag on trade

Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds to Assess Recession Risks in OECD Countries

Reading Time: 6 minutesby Thomas Chalaux, Dave Turner and Steven Cassimon, OECD Economics Department. Macroeconomic forecasters have struggled to reliably pinpoint the precise… Read More »Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds to Assess Recession Risks in OECD Countries