The monthly Main Economic Indicators (MEI) presents comparative statistics that provide an overview of recent international economic developments for the OECD countries. This indispensable and unique source of key short-term statistics is a valuable vehicle for economic analysis. Using the most up-to-date, user-friendly graphical and tabular presentation, the indicators cover national accounts, business surveys and consumer opinions, leading indicators, retail sales, production, construction, prices, employment, unemployment, wages, finance, foreign trade and balance of payments.

The monthly Main Economic Indicators (MEI) presents comparative statistics that provide an overview of recent international economic developments for the OECD countries. This indispensable and unique source of key short-term statistics is a valuable vehicle for economic analysis. Using the most up-to-date, user-friendly graphical and tabular presentation, the indicators cover national accounts, business surveys and consumer opinions, leading indicators, retail sales, production, construction, prices, employment, unemployment, wages, finance, foreign trade and balance of payments.

This OECD Observer No. 214 features a special focus on education as well as articles on migration and social integration in North America, global electronic commerce, Y2K, 21st century technology, OECD taxes, federal fiscal relations in Germany, liberalisng capital flows in Asia, and Russian agriculture.

This OECD Observer No. 213 features a special focus on science and technology as well as articles on governments as venture capitalists, privatisation in Poland, and the OECD Employment Outlook.

This OECD Observer No. 212 features a special focus on ageing and the economy as well as articles on agriculture and water, counting human capital, social policy, the rise of the institutional investor, the financial sector in New Zealand, the OECD Economic Outlook and the OECD Ministerial.

This OECD Observer No. 211 includes a special focus on trade as well as articles on social spending, competitiveness, integrated transport systems, teacher development, agricultural policies for tomorrow, and Romania's economy.

This OECD Observer No. 209 includes articles on employment, Mediterranean trade and migration, market access in the automobile sector, the Canadian tax system, US immigration, and population ageing in Japan. It also contains A Tribute to George Marshall's Vision.

This OECD Observer No. 210 features a special focus on territorial development as well as articles on patents and innovation, the agro-food sector, agriculture and the environment, fiscal consolidation, Portugal's health system, commercial banking in Russia, and the OECD Economic Outlook.

This OECD Observer No 207 features articles on globalisation, the world economy in 2020, cryptography, innovation, technology diffusion, economic flexibility and societal cohesion, Brazilian agriculture, confidence indicators, Hungarian structural reform and the OECD Economic Outlook.

This OECD Observer No. 208 includes seven articles on electronic commerce as well as articles on theory and practice in education, social exlusion and education, parental involvement education, the Finnish pension system and the OECD Employment Outlook.

OECD Economic Studies is the journal of the Economics Department of the OECD. It features articles in the area of applied macroeconomics and statistical analysis, generally with an international or cross-country dimension. This issue features articles on the benefits of regulatory reform; globalisation and linkages; social spending; and determinants of export share growth.

This issue no. 205 of the OECD Observer features articles on social policy, pension policy, aid to the Sahel, telecommunications, the agricultural outlook, agriculture and the environment, science and society, fisheries, liberalisation and new OECD members, New Zealand's reforms, the French labour market, and Norwegian education.

This OECD Observer issue no. 206 focuses on regulation with 8 articles and also includes articles on Mexican agriculture, Chinese self-sufficiency in food, network computing, the Irish labour market, and the ministerial communiqué.

This issue no. 204 of the OECD Observer features articles on technology and industrial performance, support to industry, government ethics, economic instruments and the environment, entrepreneurship, investment in the Urkaine, Japanese corporate governence, and the OECD Economic Outlook.

This 203rd issue of the OECD Observer features articles on food security, environmental indicators for agriculture, resting the land, farmers and the environment, ageing and public policy, employment in the regions, restraints on trade, enterprise in West Africa, Canada's pension system,and US corporate governance.

This 202nd issue of the OECD Observer features articles on trade and labour standards, trade and product safety, flexible firms and employment, innovation, services for children at risk, internationalisation of education, the German welfare system, and the OECD Employment Outlook.

This issue no. 201 of the OECD Observer features articles on trade, antitrust policy, elder care, renewable energy, Asian energy, competition and the internet, China entering the 21st Century, fiscal consolidation and monetary policy, the Korean social security system, and the OECD Economic Outlook.

This issue number 200 of the OECD Observer features articles on the knowledge-based economy, services, helping industry help itself, West Africa in 2020, military spending in the regions, data transmission, science in Korea, and public sector reform in New Zealand.

Ce numéro 216 de l’Observateur de l’OCDE est consacre à biotechnologie et examine aussi la sécurité routier, les femmes sur le marché du travail, développement, et plus.