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, a chapter on medium and long-term scenarios for growth and imbalances, and a and a statistical annex.

Editorial: Confidence, Recovery, and the Euro: Is it Different this Time?
Chapter 1. General Assessment of the Macroeconomic Situation
-Summary
-Introduction
-Key forces acting
-The near-term projection
-Tackling imbalances in the euro area
-Policies in the main projection
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 4. Medium and Long-term Scenarios for Global Growth and Imbalances
-Introduction and summary
-A new modelling framework based on conditional convergence
-Fiscal imbalances will build up without stronger policy action
-Global saving and current account imbalances may return to pre-crisis levels
-Over the longer term, living standards in non-OECD countries will slowly catch up to OECD levels
-Bold fiscal and structural policies can boost growth and reduce global current account imbalances
Statistical Annex