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The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... recession has put downward pressure on the oil price. The signal from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) leading indicator confirms that economic growth will continue to slow in the coming months. This is not surprising ...

UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... successfully closing its $2.1 billion International Infrastructure Fund to new investors. The firm's closed fund invests in OECD country infrastructure across transportation, utilities, energy and social infrastructure. US power generation business ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... report confirmed that household saving in Australia have fallen over the last decade placing Australia 16th relative to other OECD nations in terms of savings rates in 2006. Complicating the analysis however is a debate about how to measure national ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... the subjects they aren't trained for at a specialist level. Australia's educational spending is almost one-tenth behind our OECD counterparts. Against our Asian tiger competitor-neighbours we risk lagging even more. This is because their report found ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned countries against enforcing greater foreign investment restrictions because it could negatively affect domestic economic growth. To address national security issues such as ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... Nick Orlic economic analyst with NabCapital research, the key reason why inflation is on the up, despite the downturn in the OECD developed economies, led by the USA, is China. Incidentally, prices for imports from China jumped 0.8 per cent in January ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... to direct more resources into infrastructure, labour supply, education and housing may be no surprise. For the record, the OECD reports GDP in the Netherlands last year was 3.2 per cent and is expected to slow to 1.9 per cent this year. And also like ...

BRICs to surge as G7 slows

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... set for continued strong economic growth, developed countries should brace for a slowdown, albeit a moderate one, said the OECD. According to the OCED, their latest composite leading indicators (CLIs) suggest the economic growth pecking order is Brazil ...

Australia IT needs more R&D

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of global competitiveness but has lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... the price of water will increase ten-fold by 2030 simply due to shortages. Citi says we currently pay 20 per cent below the OECD average water price. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics we spend 0.7 per cent of disposable income on water ...