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Purchasing Power Parities Data

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11-Feb-2008

Latest statistics for Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) and Comparative Price Level (CPL).

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: February 2008

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08-Feb-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area(1) was 5.5% in December 2007, the same as the previous month and 0.3 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) - Updated: February 2008

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08-Feb-2008

The latest composite leading indicators (CLIs) suggest that a slowdown in economic activity lies ahead in the OECD area.

OECD Consumer Prices - Updated: 5 February 2008

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05-Feb-2008

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 3.3% in the year to December 2007 compared with 3.4% in the year to November 2007. On a monthly basis, the price level rose by 0.2% in December after 0.5% between ...

Labour force statistics for OECD member countries

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05-Feb-2008

This dataset includes annual statistics on labour force, civilian employment by sex and broad sectors, as well as unemployment. Data is available in thousands of persons, percentages and indices (2000=100) ...

Population statistics for OECD member countries

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05-Feb-2008

This dataset includes annual statistics on population, working age population by sex. Data is available in thousands of persons and indices (2000=100) for the 30 OECD member countries and 4 zones (European ...

Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-WB Statistics on External Debt

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01-Feb-2008

External debt data are now maintained in a new format on a website managed by the World Bank http://devdata.worldbank.org/sdmx/jedh

OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: January 2008

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31-Jan-2008

Unit labour cost growth slows for most major OECD economies in the third quarter of 2007

OECD International trade statistics: trends in third quarter 2007

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28-Jan-2008

Merchandise trade in the Group of Seven countries grew a seasonally-adjusted 2.6% for exports and 2.2% for imports in the third quarter of 2007 – the highest quarterly growth rate since 2005. On a year-on-year ...

OECD International Trade Indicators

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15-Jan-2008

Source: OECD Trade Indicators Database. Statistical indicators for the analysis of international economic integration (trade aspects), annually, for the 30 OECD member countries, in current and constant prices.

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Measuring the Progress of Societies

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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