Recent macroeconomic developments
Recent financial market developments
Developments in the balance of payments
Net foreign asset position and gross external debt
Government expenditure and tax revenue in selected OECD countries
VAT revenue ratio
Wage costs
Debt-GDP ratios of the private non-financial sector across OECD countries
Households' net wealth
Bank lending to non-financial businesses by sector
The housing market
Developments of some fundamental determinants of housing demand
Doubtful loan ratios by sector
Housing market exposures
Recent financial market developments (graph)
Bank borrowing from ECB
Youth employment and unemployment performance has been poor
The increase in youth unemployment during the recent crisis has been particularly strong
A large share of youth are not in employment and not in education or training (NEET)
Unemployment is particularly high among low skilled youth
Participation in activation is poor – even during the crisis
Graduation from upper secondary and tertiary education is weak
Combined school and work-based programmes of vocational education are rare
Tertiary education graduates are employed in lower qualification jobs
Young people are locked-in in temporary contracts
The use of part-time work is not very frequent