OECD Economic Survey of Luxembourg on Monday 28 April 2025
The OECD will present its latest Economic Survey of Luxembourg on Monday 28 April 2025. The Survey...
Minimum effective corporate taxation: EU Council extends cooperation of tax authorities
The EU Council adopted today a directive that will extend cooperation and information exchange in the area of minimum effective corporate…
OECD: Türkiye should maintain prudent policy to foster investment and growth
Türkiye’s macroeconomic policies of the last two years have achieved a significant reduction of its current account deficit and a…
OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook: Simpler, streamlined and smarter regulations required
Governments should renew their efforts to better design, deliver, and review regulation and regulatory processes, according to a new OECD…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 24 – 29 March 2025
We offer delayed access to the headlines of our Insight EU specialized monitoring emails, typically by several days. For real-time…
OECD sees sharp rise in government support for energy and defence R&D
Paris, 31 March 2025 Also available in: français Research and experimental development (R&D) expenditure in the...
Lithuania: OECD lists core economic and social reform challenges
Lithuania has achieved rapid convergence towards OECD living standards over the past 30 years. Policies should now focus on addressing…
OECD welcomes Belgium’s foreign bribery reforms, urges stronger enforcement
The OECD report identifies several gaps in Belgium’s policy to fight foreign bribery. A lack of financial and human resources…
OECD Economic Survey of Lithuania launches Friday 28 March 2025
The OECD will present its latest Economic Survey of Lithuania on Friday 28 March 2025. The Survey...
OECD: Growth slows, inflationary pressures persist, and trade policies cloud outlook
The global economy has been resilient in 2024, but some signs of weakness are appearing against a backdrop of slower…
OECD to present Global Debt Report 2025 on Thursday 20 March
The OECD will release the Global Debt Report 2025: Financing growth in a challenging debt market environment, including...
OECD: Evaluation of wage subsidies and training for the unemployed in Slovenia
The OECD report uses rich administrative data from different registers in Slovenia to evaluate the impact of the main training…
OECD: GDP growth in G20 countries continues at a stable pace in 4th quarter of 2024
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the G20 area rose by 0.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase similar…
OECD publishes its Environmental Performance Review of Sweden 2025
In this 4th Environmental Performance Review of Sweden, the OECD provides an evidence-based assessment of the country's progress towards its…
Minimum effective corporate taxation: EU Council wants to enhance cooperation
The objective of this legislation is to enhance cooperation and information exchange on minimum effective corporate taxation to better fulfill…
OECD headline inflation at 4.7% in January 2025 for the third month in a row
Year-on-year inflation in the OECD, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), remained at 4.7% in January 2025, the…
OECD calls Czechia to ensure fiscal sustainability and boost skills and business dynamism
Czechia’s living standards have risen sharply over the three decades since joining the OECD, as a result of its openness…
OECD patient survey: Healthcare systems need to better respond to patients’ needs
There is an urgent need to adapt healthcare systems to better meet the needs of the growing number of people…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 10 – 14 February 2025
We offer delayed access to the headlines of our Insight EU specialized monitoring emails, typically by several days. For real-time…
OECD on Ireland: Tackling housing challenges and reducing public finance vulnerabilities
Ireland’s economic performance and standard of living have made impressive progress. However, to maintain robust growth and high living standards,…
OECD: Poland should strengthen public finances and further improve healthcare
Poland’s economic performance and standards of living have improved significantly over the past two decades despite a growth slowdown over…
OECD publishes report “Monitoring Framework to Measure Homelessness”
As of 2024, over two million people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness each year in OECD and EU countries.…
Adult skills in literacy and numeracy declining or stagnating in most OECD countries
Literacy and numeracy skills among adults have largely declined or stagnated over the past decade in most OECD countries, according…
OECD analysis calls for strong action to innovate retirement systems
The design and governance of asset-backed pensions should be enhanced to foster more inclusive and resilient systems, secure better outcomes…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 18 – 22 November 2024
Here are the headlines from last week’s Insight EU Finance Monitoring, published on Friday night. We provide the headlines with…
Average tax revenues in the OECD remain steady as spending pressures grow
The average level of tax revenues among OECD countries was largely unchanged in 2023 as governments sought to ease cost-of-living…
EU Commission and OECD report on healthy ageing and health workforce shortages
Today, the Commission and the OECD published the "Health at a Glance: Europe 2024" report. This year's edition highlights the importance of lifelong health…
OECD survey calls for stronger consumer protection online
Nine out of ten consumers have been affected by “dark commercial patterns” - manipulative online design tactics such as countdown…
OECD: Global action could nearly eliminate plastic pollution by 2040
Comprehensive global policies addressing the entire plastics lifecycle can reduce plastic leakage into the environment by 96% by 2040, according…
OECD sees global economy turning the corner as inflation declines and trade growth strengthens
The global economy is turning the corner as growth remained resilient through the first half of 2024, with declining inflation,…
New treaty advances tax rules designed to protect tax bases in developing countries
The international community took another concrete step today towards ensuring fairer and better international tax arrangements, in particular for developing…
EU Commission launches project and gathers experts to address Long COVID
The project will focus on seven key areas: defining Long COVID; developing a surveillance system; promoting the exchange of information…
PIK: Groundbreaking evaluation of climate policy measures over the last two decades
An international research team has unveiled the first comprehensive global evaluation of 1,500 climate policy measures from 41 countries across…
OECD statement on the G20 Declaration on International Tax Cooperation
For the first time in its history, G20 Members have agreed a comprehensive stand-alone Tax Declaration, reflecting the transformational achievements…
OECD launches pilot monitoring G7 code of conduct on AI development
The initiative will test a reporting framework to gather information about how organisations developing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems align…
OECD: Governments must better engage all citizens to tackle growing gaps in trust
44% of respondents now have low or no trust in their national government, surpassing the 39% of respondents who express…
OECD suggests policy measures driving resilient growth in Austria
Continued reforms to boost productivity, improve social mobility and accelerate climate action would put the country on a stronger growth…
OECD employment at record high, climate transition to cause shifts in labour markets
OECD labour markets remain tight, with total employment higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and the OECD unemployment rate close…
GPAI and OECD unite to advance coordinated international efforts for trustworthy AI
The OECD and the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) are joining forces to advance an ambitious agenda for implementing…
OECD: Türkiye’s foreign bribery enforcement needs urgent overhaul
Türkiye has substantially increased available corporate fines for foreign bribery and made state-owned enterprises liable for this crime, but its…
OECD: Declining fertility rates put prosperity of future generations at risk
The OECD's Society at a Glance 2024 shows that the total fertility rate dropped from 3.3 children per woman in…
Vorstellung des OECD-Berichts zu Künstlicher Intelligenz in Deutschland
In ihrem Bericht hebt die OECD die gute Ausgangsposition Deutschlands für KI hervor und bescheinigt der Bundesregierung, dass die KI-Strategie der Grundstein dafür war, dass…
OECD Secretary-General on the Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)
This week’s Inclusive Framework plenary meeting has clarified the outstanding issues in its ongoing effort to reach agreement on a…
OECD: Growth of digital economy outperforms overall growth
The information and communication technology (ICT) sector grew by an average of 6.3% between 2013 and 2023, about three times…
OECD expects steady global growth for 2024 and 2025 – Germany lagging behind
The global economy is continuing growing at a modest pace, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook. The Economic Outlook projects…
Climate change resilience: OECD sees massive investment needs in sustainable infrastructure to build
A new OECD report details the growing pressure of such climatic events on infrastructure in all sectors, from electricity, communication…
OECD: Luxembourg should build upon achievements to fight foreign bribery
Luxembourg's legislative and institutional reforms are weakened by structural resource issues affecting the entire criminal justice system. In spite of…
OECD warns of key risks from sharp increase in global bond borrowing
“A new macroeconomic landscape of higher inflation and more restrictive monetary policies is transforming bond markets globally at a pace…
OECD: Renewed efforts needed to open markets as trade barriers remained high in 2023
New liberalisation efforts in 2023 contributed to easing regulatory hurdles in some countries, notably as regards infrastructure-related services, such as…
OECD: Growth continuing at a modest pace through 2025, inflation declining
Global growth is holding up, while the pace of growth remains uneven across countries and regions, and inflation is still…