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OECD Economic Surveys: Malaysia 2024
Sustained rapid and inclusive economic growth for half a century has brought Malaysia close to the threshold of high-income status. Growth is now accelerating, driven mostly by domestic demand. Exports are also set to rebound amid stronger external...
Eurostat-OECD Methodological Manual on Purchasing Power Parities (2023 edition)
This manual sets out the full methodology of producing PPPs within the ‘Eurostat-OECD PPP Programme’ – a programme in which the Eurostat and OECD have been working together in producing and publishing Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for their...
Towards a better understanding of data-intensive firms in the United Kingdom
By combining information from online job postings with firm-level financial data provided by Orbis, as well as firm-level merchandise trade data, this paper seeks to get a deeper understanding of the characteristics and performance of data-intensive...
Distributional impacts of energy transition pathways and climate change
This report reviews the literature on the distributional consequences of climate change and mitigation and transition pathways. The heterogeneous levels of exposure and vulnerability to climate change across countries, regions, households, and...
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Worn out: COVID-19, Women and the Great Exhaustion
It’s been a tough two years for women. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, women were hit harder by job losses, leading many to call it a “she-cession”. But as the pandemic worse on we started to see wider impacts too. We saw women on the front line of...
Statistics
Main Economic Indicators, Volume 2023 Issue 12
This monthly publication presents comparative statistics that provide an overview of recent international economic developments for all the OECD countries, the euro zone and a number of non-member economies...
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OECD Economic Outlook, November 2023
OECD Economic Outlook, November 2023
Restoring growth
November 2023 - The global economy continues to confront the challenges of inflation and low growth prospects. GDP growth has been stronger than expected so far in 2023, but is now moderating on the back of tighter financial conditions, weak trade growth and lower business and consumer confidence.
View the presentation:See also the publication: OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2023 Issue 2 - November 2023