by Laurence Boone, OECD Chief Economist For over 18 months, since the outbreak of trade hostilities, growth has been weakening, slowly but surely. In May 2018 the OECD, along with other organisations, was predicting global growth of around 4% for 2019, whereas our current forecasts are for growth of below 3%. In the first half … More Growth is taking a dangerous downward turn
By Álvaro S. Pereira, OECD Chief Economist ad interim, Economics Department After a lengthy period of weak growth, the world economy is finally growing around 4%, the historical average of the past few decades. This is good news. And this news is even better knowing that, in part, the stronger growth of the world economy … More Stronger Growth but Risks loom large
Álvaro S. Pereira, Chef économiste de l’OCDE par intérim, Département des affaires économiques Après une longue période de croissance atone, l’activité économique mondiale croît enfin au rythme d’environ 4 %, qui correspond à la moyenne historique des dernières décennies. C’est une bonne nouvelle, et qui apparaît encore meilleure lorsque l’on sait que ce rebond de la … More La croissance s’affermit, mais des risques assombrissent fortement l’horizon
Álvaro S. Pereira, Economista Jefe interino, Departamento de Economía de la OCDE Después de un largo período de débil crecimiento, la economía mundial finalmente está creciendo alrededor del 4%, cercano al promedio histórico de las últimas décadas. Esta es una buena noticia, y es aún mejor sabiendo que, en parte, el mayor crecimiento de la economía … More Un Mayor crecimiento, aunque se advierten importantes riesgos
by Christine Lewis, Switzerland Desk, Economics Department Switzerland’s high living standards and quality of life are renowned. It has the third-highest level of GDP per capita in the OECD. Likewise, survey data show Swiss have the OECD’s second-highest rate of life satisfaction. Unemployment is low, including for young people. And income inequality (after taxes and … More Maintaining Switzerland’s enviable living standards into the future
By Orsetta Causa, Mikkel Hermansen and Nicolas Ruiz, Structural Surveillance Division, OECD Economics Department Widespread increases in inequality over the past three decades have raised the question of whether growth in itself is a driver of income inequality. Considering that correlation often tells little about causation, this question is less trivial than may appear at … More Does growth lead to inequality? It depends.
by Jean Marc Fournier, Economist, Public Economics Division, OECD Economics Department Public investment benefits current as well as future generations. My research shows that public investment is a game changer, when it comes to boosting long-term growth. Increasing the share of public investment in primary government spending by one percentage point (offset by a reduction … More Most countries have room to increase public investment
by Catherine L. Mann OECD Chief Economist and Head of the Economics Department Welcome to the OECD Economics Department’s new ECOSCOPE blog ! Our Interim Economic Outlook launched today shows a troubling picture—world growth stuck at 3% in 2016, and only 3.3% in 2017, with substantial volatility in financial markets raising new … More Unsatisfactory global growth: A call to policy action!
