The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is expecting international growth to slow down to 2.7% in 2024, the slowest annual growth since 2020’s pandemic.The combination of rising interest rates, high inflation, and wars is predicted to cause the world economy to contract in 2019. The OECD forecasts that …
Read More »Sec. Yellen’s remarks raise fresh questions on digital services taxes
US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, has raised fresh questions about the possibility of the US signing a multilateral treaty as part of a global tax deal. Yellen, speaking on a trip to Luxembourg, said that the US will not be able to sign the multilateral treaty, which is …
Read More »OECD Slashes Global Growth Forecasts
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced today cutting its global growth predictions for 2022 to 3% due to the Russia-Ukraine war repercussions and the supply-chain disruptions. In its latest review, published today, OECD sees global GDP growth of 3.0% in 2022 versus 4.5%, predicted before. Besides, OECD …
Read More »OECD: The World Will Face Enormous Financial Difficulties in The Coming Decades
In its latest policy papers, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned that the world will likely face massive financial difficulties in the coming decades, worse than the ballooning public debt seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the long-term scenario, the slowdown in large emerging economies, demographic …
Read More »OECD Revises Upwards Global Economic Growth Forecasts
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has improved its expectations for the global economy this year, due to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is helping in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. Vaccines are allowing reopening economies and businesses to resume their work as usual, according …
Read More »OECD Raises Expectations for Global Growth in 2021
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expects the global economy will expand by 5.6% in 2021, raising its forecast for growth compared with an estimated rate of 4.2% in the previous report. The OECD report issued on Tuesday noted that recovery from the Coronavirus impact this year will …
Read More »OECD Sees World Economy Growing by 5% in 2021
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) improved its expectations for the global economy during 2020, expecting a 4.5% contraction, compared with 6% in June. This comes due to improved outlooks for the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China, and supported by recent economic data. However, …
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