OECD economic surveys : United States.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

OECD economic surveys, 0376-6438 ; v. 2005/22 (Dec. 2005, suppl. no. 4)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic conditions.

United States.

United States--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Other Title:

United States

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This economic survey examines the key challenges facing the US economy including fiscal sustainability and budgetary discipline, fiscal relations across levels of government, adjustment of the current account, and labour market issues such as trade adjustment assistance and reducing work disincentives in programmes for the disabled. It also advocates strengthening the electricity grid and adopting economic instruments to curtail energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, which are high by international standards.

Contents:

Table of contents; Basic statistics of The United States; Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Chapter 1. Challenges facing the US economy; Chapter 2. Ensuring fiscal sustainability and budgetary discipline; Chapter 3. Fiscal relations across levels of government; Chapter 4. Coping with the inevitable adjustment in the current account; Chapter 5. Labour market issues; Chapter 6. Energy and environmental issues

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-35753-3

9786610357536

92-64-01453-5

OCLC:

815264161