Composite Leading Indicators (CLI), OECD, June 2014
Composite leading indicators continue to suggest that momentum is weakening in most major emerging economies but stable in the OECD area
Sweden must keep innovating to maintain strong environmental record, says OECD
Sweden has shown a longstanding commitment to the environment, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and nitrogen leaching. Renewables supply more than a third of its energy needs. Sweden has set itself tough targets for the future, however, and must continue to innovate if it is to meet them, according to a new OECD report.
Canada: Sustain inclusive growth by reducing housing market risks and overcoming specific skills shortages, says OECD
Canada has experienced solid economic growth since the global crisis, allowing it to reverse recession-induced job losses and put federal public finances on a sound footing, says the OECD. Growth is expected to accelerate from 2.5% this year to 2.7% in 2015.
Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: June 2014
Modest decline in OECD unemployment rate in April 2014
G20 GDP Growth - First quarter of 2014, OECD
G20 GDP growth steady at 0.8% in first quarter of 2014
Estonia needs to promptly address rising foreign bribery risks, says OECD
Estonia’s framework for combating foreign bribery may be inadequate to efficiently tackle rising foreign bribery risks resulting from its increasingly export-intensive economy.
Slovenia must urgently prioritise the fight against foreign bribery, says OECD
Serious steps must be taken by Slovenia to ensure that it effectively detects, investigates and prosecutes allegations of transnational bribery.
Statement of OECD Working Group on Bribery on Spain’s efforts to amend its Penal Code and to enforce its foreign bribery offence
The OECD Working Group on Bribery supports Spain’s efforts to further reform its Penal Code to bring its anti-bribery law into line with its international obligations under the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
Statement of OECD on Japan’s Efforts to Increase Foreign Bribery Enforcement
Due to serious concerns about the extremely low level of enforcement of Japan’s offence of bribing foreign public officials – just three prosecutions since 1999 – the OECD Working Group on Bribery recommended in December 2013 that Japan establish an Action Plan to organise police and prosecution resources to be able to proactively detect, investigate and prosecute cases of foreign bribery by Japanese companies.
U.S. recovery could be strengthened by key reforms, OECD says
Economic recovery in the United States is stronger than in most OECD countries, but it will remain sluggish unless new reforms are launched to boost growth, according to OECD’s latest Economic Survey of the United States.