Twice a year, the OECD Economic Outlook analyses the major trends and examines the economic policies required to foster high and sustainable growth in member countries. Developments in major non-OECD economies are also evaluated. This issue covers the outlook to end-2009. Together with a wide range of cross-country statistics, the Outlook provides a unique tool to keep abreast of world economic developments. In addition to the themes featured regularly, this issue contains a special chapter entitled Corporate saving and investment: Recent trends and prospects.
Editorial: Dealing with Risks
Chapter 1. General Assessment
-Overview
-Recent Developments
-Forces Shaping the Outlook and Associated Risks
-Growth Prospects
-Challenges for Macroeconomic Policy
-Appendix 1.A1. An Evaluation of OECD Growth Projections for the G7 Economies
Chapter 2. Developments in Individual OECD Countries and Selected Non-Member Economies
-United States
-Japan
-Euroe Area
-Germany
-France
-Italy
-United Kingdom
-Canada
-Australia
-Austria
-Belgium
-Czech Republic
-Denmark
-Finland
-Greece
-Hungary
-Iceland
-Ireland
-Korea
-Luxembourg
-Mexico
-Netherlands
-New Zealand
-Norway
-Poland
-Portugal
-Slovak Republic
-Spain
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-Turkey
-Brazil
-China
-India
-Russian Federation
Chapter 3. Corporate Saving and Investment: RecentTrends and Prospects
-Introduction and Summary of the Main Results
-The Forces behind the Increase in the Aggregate OECD Corporate Net Lending
-The Future Evolution of Corporate Net Lending and its Implications
Special Chapters in Recent Issues of the OECD Economic Outlook
Statistical Annex
-Country Classification
-Weighting Scheme for Aggregate Measures
-Irrevocable Euro Conversion Rates
-National Accounts Reporting Systems and Base-Years
-Annex Tables
--1. Real GDP
--2. Nominal GDP
--3. Real private consumption expenditure
--4. Real public consumption expenditure
--5. Real total gross fixed capital formation
--6. Real gross private non-residential fixed capital formation
--7. Real gross private residential fixed capital formation.
--8. Real total domestic demand
--9. Foreign balance contributions to changes in real GDP
--10. Output gaps
--11. Compensation per employee in the private sector
--12. Labour productivity for the total economy
--13. Unemployment rates: commonly used definitions
--14. Standardised unemployment rates
--15. Labour force, employment and unemployment.
--16. GDP deflators
--17. Private consumption deflators
--18. Consumer price indices .
--19. Oil and other primary commodity markets
--20. Employment rates, participation rates and labour force.
--21. Potential GDP, employment and capital stock
--22. Structural unemployment and unit labor costs
--22. Structural unemployment and unit labor costs
--24. Gross national saving
--25. General government total outlays
--26. General government total tax and non-tax receipts
--27. General government financial balances
--28. Cyclically-adjusted general government balances.
--29. General government primary balances
--30. Cyclically-adjusted general government primary balances
--31. General government net debt interest payments.
--31. General government net debt interest payments.
--32. General government gross financial liabilities
--33. General government net financial liabilities
--34. Short-term interest rates
--35. Long-term interest rates
--36. Nominal exchange rates (vis-à-vis the US dollar)
--37. Effective exchange rates.
--38. Export volumes of goods and services
--39. Import volumes of goods and services
--40. Export prices of goods and services
--41. Import prices of goods and services.
--42. Competitive positions: relative consumer prices
--43. Competitive positions: relative unit labour costs.
--44. Export performance for total goods and services.
--45. Shares in world exports and imports .
--46. Geographical structure of world trade growth
--47. Trade balances for goods and services.
--48. Investment income, net
--49. Total transfers, net
--50. Current account balances
--51. Current account balances as a percentage of GDP.
--52. Structure of current account balances of major world regions
--53. Export market growth in goods and services
--54. Import penetration
--55. Quarterly demand and output projections
--56. Quarterly price, cost and unemployment projections.
--57. Contributions to changes in real GDP in OECD countries
--58. Household wealth and indebtedness
--59. House prices.
--60. House prices ratios
--61. Central government financial balances
--62. Maastricht definition of general government gross public debt
--63. Monetary and credit aggregates: recent trends