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OECD Consumer Prices - Updated: 2 December 2008

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02-Dec-2008

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 3.7% in the year to October 2008, compared with 4.5% in the year to September 2008. Month-on-month, prices fell 0.3% in October, after remaining stable in Sep ...

OECD Quarterly National Accounts - Third Quarter 2008

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20-Nov-2008

Gross domestic product (GDP) in the OECD area declined by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2008, the lowest growth rate observed in seven years, according to preliminary estimates.

Quarterly Growth Rates of GDP, volume, for OECD Countries

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20-Nov-2008

Updated on a daily basis. These statistics are an extract from the database: OECD Quarterly National Accounts. TIPS ...

OECD Quarterly National Accounts data - Comparative Tables: Volume and Price Indices

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20-Nov-2008

Updated on a daily basis. These statistics are an extract from the database: OECD Quarterly National Accounts. TIPS ...

OECD Quarterly National Accounts data - For OECD member countries

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20-Nov-2008

Updated on a daily basis. These statistics are an extract from the database: OECD Quarterly National Accounts. TIPS ...

OECD Quarterly National Accounts data - Zones in US dollars

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20-Nov-2008

Updated on a daily basis. These statistics are an extract from the database: OECD Quarterly National Accounts. TIPS ...

Measuring entrepreneurship: a digest of indicators

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18-Nov-2008

This report presents the results of the first round of empirical data collected under the  Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme (EIP).

Business demography statistics

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17-Nov-2008

The OECD's Business Demography database contains information on variables such as birth rates (business entries), death rates (business exits) survival rates, or High-Growth enterprises rate for most OECD ...

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

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12-Nov-2008

All of the major seven OECD economies, except the United States, recorded flat or lower growth in unit labour costs in industry in the second quarter of 2008.

Quarterly Unit Labour Cost indexes for OECD countries

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12-Nov-2008

Source: OECD System of Unit Labour Cost Indicators (updated quarterly at end Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) - Unit labour costs measure the average cost of labour per unit of output. Quarterly data are presented ...

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Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies

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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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