The OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD’s twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, prices, fiscal and current account balances.

Coverage is provided for all OECD member countries as well as for selected non-member countries. This issue includes a general assessment, chapters summarising developments and providing projections for each individual country and an extensive statistical annex.

Editorial: The Policy Imperative: Rebuild Confidence
Chapter 1. General Assessment of the Macroeconomic Situation
-Summary
-Introduction
-Key forces acting
-The muddling-through projection
-Policies in the muddling-through projection
-Alternative scenarios for the euro area
-Alternative fiscal policy scenarios for the United States
-The OECD Strategic Response to an economic relapse
Chapter 2. Developments in Individual OECD Countries
-United States
-Japan
-Euro Area
-Germany
-France
-Italy
-United Kingdom
-Canada
-Australia
-Austria
-Belgium
-Chile
-Czech Republic
-Denmark
-Estonia
-Finland
-Greece
-Hungary
-Iceland
-Ireland
-Israel
-Korea
-Luxembourg
-Mexico
-Netherlands
-New Zealand
-Norway
-Poland
-Portugal
-Slovak Republic
-Slovenia
-Spain
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-Turkey
Chapter 3. Developments in Selected Non-member Economies
-Brazil
-China
-India
-Indonesia
-Russian Federation
-South Africa
Statistical annex
Demand and Output
-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 residential fixed capital formation
-8. Real total domestic demand
-9. Foreign balance contributions to changes in real GDP
-10. Output gaps
Wages, Costs, Unemployment and Inflation
-11. Compensation per employee in the private sector
-12. Labour productivity for the total economy
-13. Unemployment rates: commonly used definitions
-14. Harmonised 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
Key Supply-Side data
-20. Employment rates, participation rates and labour force
-21. Potential GDP, employment and capital stock
-22. Structural unemployment and unit labour costs
Saving
-23. Household saving rates
-24. Gross national saving
Fiscal Balances and Public Indebteness
-25. General government total outlays
-26. General government total tax and non-tax receipts
-27. General government financial balances
-28. General government cyclically-adjusted balances
-29. General government underlying balances
-30. General government underlying primary balances
-31. General government net debt interest payments
-32. General government gross financial liabilities
-33. General government net financial liabilities
Interest Rates and Exchange Rates
-34. Short-term interest rates
-35. Long-term interest rates
-36. Nominal exchange rates (vis-à-vis the US dollar)
-37. Effective exchange rates
External Trade and Payments
-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
Other Background Data
-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 price ratios
-61. Central government financial balances
-62. Maastricht definition of general government gross public debt
-63. Monetary and credit aggregates: recent trends
-64. Macroeconomic indicators for selected non-member economies