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03-Dec-2008
Thanks to strong economic institutions and fundamentals, Sweden is relatively well prepared to steer through the fall-out from the global financial crisis and the economic downturn. Looking ahead, the key policy challenges addressed in this Survey include longer-term fiscal sustainability and growth-oriented tax reforms, education and youth employment, as well as privatisation.
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19-Nov-2008
The main challenges facing the Spanish economy are to minimise the economic costs of the current downturn, move workers shed to new jobs, and to raise sustainable productivity growth including by improving human capital formation and competition in product markets.
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17-Nov-2008
OECD’s latest economic survey of Spain will be published on Wednesday, 19 November 2008. It will include new forecasts and assess the policy challenges facing the country as the global downturn weighs on activity. Special chapters focus on jobs, education and competition.
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16-Oct-2008
Health outcomes and the quality of health care in Iceland are very good by international comparison, while income related health inequality appears to be smaller than in most other countries. However, the health care system is costly and, according to OECD estimates, public expenditure on health and long term care could reach 15% of GDP by 2050 if no restraining measures are taken.
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16-Oct-2008
Monetary policy has been one of the main pillars of the post-2001 stabilisation programme. Encouraged by its success, the central bank shifted from implicit to explicit inflation targeting in 2006 and set a medium-term inflation target of 4%, applicable from end 2007.
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Events
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on 14-Jan-2009
Strengthening the financial system in the wake of the current crisis is one of the key challenges discussed in OECD’s latest economic survey of the Euro area. Secretary-General Angel Gurría will present the report on Wednesday 14 January 2009 at 10.30 a.m. in Paris.
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on 25-Jun-2008
The OECD’s latest economic survey of Portugal, to be published on Wednesday 25 June 2008, looks at how growth can be boosted and made more sustainable by strengthening public finances, enhancing the business environment and improving the efficiency of the labour market.
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