In the United States GDP fell by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2008, the first contraction since the third quarter of 2001. Japan's GDP declined by 0.1%, following a 0.9% fall in the previous quarter. GDP in the euro area was down by 0.2%, the same rate of decline as in the previous quarter.
Strong growth and economic restructuring has provided fertile ground for dynamic entrepreneurial activity in countries such as Romania, Hungary and the Slovak Republic over recent years. But amid the current global downturn governments in Eastern Europe, as elsewhere, face stiffer challenges in supporting and nurturing new businesses.
All of the major seven OECD economies, except the United States, recorded flat or lower growth in unit labour costs in industry in the second quarter of 2008.
Following a methodological and system review, the OECD will change the way it calculates its composite leading indicators (CLI) beginning in December 2008.
Quarterly national accounts data for non-member economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa) available in the OECD Main Economic Indicators has been split into four datasets to enable easier navigation of the data by users.
This workshop is organised by Eurostat and FORA and the results will input directly to the joint Eurostat-OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme (EIP).
The 21st Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers - International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames will be held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris, on 24-27 November 2008.
The first meeting of the Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Statistics (WPTGS) will be held in Paris on 22-24 September 2008 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris.
Latest figures of Gross Domestic Product in volume, seasonally adjusted, percentage changes from previous period. Updated on a daily basis. Source: OECD Quarterly National Accounts Database.
The European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF hosted a high level international conference in Brussels to clarify which indices are most appropriate to measure progress, and how these can best be integrated into the decision-making process.
Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies
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How does the well-being of societies evolve? Sets of key economic, social and environmental indicators are needed to provide a comprehensive picture. Visit the website to find out more about this project.
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