OECD economic surveys, 2000-2001 : Portugal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portugal--Economic conditions--1974---Periodicals.

Portugal.

Portugal--Economic policy--Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD Publications Services, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic economic review of Portugal includes special features on the tax system and on structural reform.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Assessment and recommendations""; ""I. Economic expansion: trends and prospects""; ""Overview""; ""Figure 1. Real GDP development compared""; ""Table 1. Macroeconomic performance at a glance""; ""Economic activity remained buoyant in 2000""; ""Figure 2. Contribution to real GDP growth""; ""Table 2. Recent trends""; ""Household demand slowed�""; ""� while corporate investment was still strong""; ""Table 3. Aggregate saving and investment""; ""Growth was rich in jobs and the unemployment rate fell to a historic low""; ""Figure 3. Employment at a glance""

""Table 4. Labour-market indicators""""The revival of underlying inflation has been significant""; ""Figure 4. Inflation developments""; ""Table 5. Wages and labour costs""; ""The external position has worsened""; ""Erosion of competitiveness and export performance""; ""Figure 5. International competitiveness and trade outcomes""; ""Table 6. Change in the trade specialisation of Portugal""; ""Deteriorating trade balance""; ""Figure 6. Foreign trade and the current account""; ""Table 7. Current account balance""; ""Large capital inflow but weak net foreign direct investment""

""Table 8. Summary balance of payments""""Forces at work and short-term outlook""; ""The tightening of monetary conditions was limited in 2000""; ""Figure 7. Interest rates""; ""Figure 8. Monetary conditions""; ""The outlook is favourable�""; ""� but risks are attached to prices and wages and the large external deficit""; ""II. Issues in fiscal policy""; ""Introduction""; ""Figure 9. Fiscal indicators""; ""Figure 10. Contribution to the deficit reduction, 1995-2004""; ""Budgetary developments 1999-2001""; ""The 1999 outturn""; ""Table 9. General government financial accounts""

""Table 10. Revenues and expenditure at different levels of the general government""""Table 11. State tax receipts""; ""Table 12. State expenditure""; ""The 2000 budget: increasing implementation difficulties""; ""Box 1. Safeguard clauses on Portuguese budgets""; ""The 2001 budget: a further increase in tax pressure""; ""Medium-term budget strategy""; ""The Stability and Growth Programme""; ""Table 13. The Stability and Growth Programme""; ""Public debt and debt management""; ""Figure 11. Public debt and its servicing costs""; ""Figure 12. Government bond yield differentials""

""Sources of spending pressures in the medium-term""""Table 14. Structure of general government expenditure in OECD countries""; ""Figure 13. State expenditures by main aggregate""; ""The public sector payroll""; ""Figure 14. General government employment and wage bill in OECD countries""; ""Figure 15. The growth of the public sector wage bill""; ""Figure 16. Civil servants� social security scheme""; ""The general social security system""; ""Figure 17. Old-age dependency ratio""; ""The health sector""; ""Table 15. Expenditure on health care""

""Figure 18. Indicators of health outcomes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-64-19295-6

OCLC:

642661518