OECD economic surveys 2000-2001 : Germany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

OECD Economic Surveys, 2001, No. 9

OECD Economic Surveys, 2001, No. 9 ; v.2001, No. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy.

Germany--Economic conditions--1990-.

Germany.

Germany--Economic policy--1990-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, Cedex, France : OECD, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic review of Germany's economy includes special features on public spending reform and structural reform.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Assessment and recommendations""; ""I. Recent trends and prospects""; ""Overview""; ""The economic recovery gathered pace in 1999""; ""Figure 1. Macroeconomic performance""; ""Table 1. Demand and output""; ""As export growth accelerated�""; ""Table 2. Trade by region""; ""� and domestic demand improved�""; ""Figure 2. The business climate""; ""� growth peaked in the first half of 2000""; ""Table 3. The current account of the balance of payments""; ""Strong employment growth has allowed unemployment to come down�""

""Figure 3. Employment and unemployment""""Figure 4. Decomposition of change in total employment""; ""Box 1. Revisions to the German labour market statistics""; ""Table 4. The German labour market""; ""� without the emergence of wage pressures""; ""Higher productivity growth and a weaker euro have further improved external competitiveness""; ""Figure 5. International competitiveness""; ""Nonetheless inflation accelerated somewhat following the boost in oil prices""; ""Figure 6. The inflation environment""

""Despite some increases in policy rates, monetary conditions remain conducive to growth in Germany""""Figure 7. Interest-rate developments""; ""Figure 8. Real interest rates""; ""Figure 9. Yield curves""; ""Short-term prospects and risks""; ""Growth should decelerate this year, but recover in 2002""; ""II. Fiscal policy""; ""Progress in fiscal consolidation""; ""The 1999 and 2000 budgets""; ""Table 5. Public sector financial balances""; ""Table 6. The Federal Budget""; ""Box 2. The fiscal impact of the sale of UMTS licenses""; ""The 2001 budget""

""Table 7. Appropriation account for general government""""Medium-term objectives""; ""Table 8. Medium-term fiscal objectives of the general government""; ""Tax reform""; ""Income and business taxation""; ""Box 3. The major components of tax reform""; ""Figure 10. Statutory income tax rates before and after reform""; ""Table 9. Statutory tax rates within the OECD""; ""Table 10. Financial effects of the 2001 income and business tax reform1""; ""Recent energy tax measures are distortionary""; ""Pension reform""; ""Figure 11. Projected evolution of the old age dependency ratio""

""Health reform""""Reform of the inter-governmental fiscal equalisation system""; ""Figure 12. Marginal effective burden due to financial equalisation and tax sharing""; ""III. A review of progress in structural reforms""; ""Recent labour market reforms to tackle high structural unemployment""; ""Increasing wage and labour cost flexibility""; ""Table 11. Coverage by collectively negotiated wage agreements""; ""Increasing working time flexibility and easing employment security provisions""; ""Table 12. Employment in temporary help agencies""

""Table 13. Utilisation of fixed-term contracts in Germany""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-64-19296-4

OCLC:

642661412