Brutal winter weather is holding back the global economy, but it’s on track for solid growth later in the year, a major economic think-tank says.
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The OECD Just Cut Its Forecast For World Growth — Here Are The Totally New Projections
The Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development just cut its global growth forecast.
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OECD calls for Bank of Canada rate to more than double to 2.25% by end of 2015
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada may need to start hiking its trendsetting interest rate within the next year and steadily push it to 2.25 per cent by the end of 2015, according to an international think-tank representing the world’s leading economies.
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Canada among world’s top 7 nations for living well: OECD
OTTAWA — When it comes to measuring the good life, Canada is among the world’s top spots for individual well-being, according to report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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OECD sees Europe joining U.S. recovery
Led by firm U.S. growth, the outlook is gradually improving for advanced economies while even crisis-weary Europe is at last joining the recovery, the OECD said on Tuesday.
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OECD says joblessness will decrease in Canada
Unemployment rates in Canada and the United States will fall significantly by the end of next year but the overall rate among some of the world’s advanced economies will remain high, the OECD forecasts in a report issued Tuesday.
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OECD cuts world growth forecast despite improving U.S., rebounding Japan
The recession-hit euro zone will fall further behind a generally improving United States and a rebounding Japan this year, the OECD said on Wednesday, cutting its global growth forecasts.
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Canada picked among best places to live
Canada is among the best places in the world to live, according to a new quality of life measure from a leading international organization that compared rich industrialized nations.
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OECD says world economy beginning to rebound; Canada lagging U.S., Japan Germany
PARIS – Canada is expected to lag several Group of Seven countries in the first quarter even as the global economy begins to rebound, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said Thursday.
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The oil sands’ benefits
From an economic perspective, Canada currently stands out among its OECD peers. On a relative basis, we have not looked this strong in more than a generation, although it is by no means a given that we will retain this superior economic performance, with so many obstacles facing our historical trading partners.
It will be imperative to capitalize on our natural resource assets in particular, by developing and commercializing advanced technologies to facilitate their development in more economic and environmentally responsible way.
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