Middle Eastern and North African countries should press ahead with further economic and structural reforms to boost flagging trade and investment, restore public trust and create jobs for the region’s young population, the OECD told ministers from the region today.

The Spanish economy is growing strongly, but there is a risk that many people are being left behind.

The job market continues to improve in the OECD area, with the employment rate finally returning to pre-crisis levels. But people on low and middle incomes have seen their wages stagnate and the share of middle-skilled jobs has fallen, contributing to rising inequality, according to a new OECD report.

The French economy is expanding, the labour market is recovering – albeit gradually - while productivity and the standard of living remain generally high, according to a new OECD report.

This paper analyses how technological progress embodied in capital goods raises productivity and income, while at the same time it can modify the allocation of consumption, investment and the capital stock.

This study explores the impact of export shocks on firms and re-aggregates results to derive distributional effects on sectors and regions.

Business and government should work more closely together to reduce inequality and foster inclusive growth. To help achieve this, at the Paris Peace Forum, Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff, G7/G20 Sherpa and leader of the OECD’s Inclusive Growth Initiative, and Emmanuel Faber, Chairman & CEO of Danone, launched the Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) Platform.

Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) GDP will shrink by between 0.9% and 1% in 2016, according to the latest estimates, the second consecutive year of negative growth and a rate of contraction the region has not seen since the early 1980s. According to the Latin American Economic Outlook 2017, the region should recover in 2017, but with modest GDP growth of between 1.5% and 2%, below expected growth in advanced economies.

In response to increasing pressure to deliver on growth, jobs and better governance, policy makers from MENA and OECD reiterated their support for measures to strengthen the business climate and governance in the region.

More than five years into an economic crisis which has taken on several names–from subprime crisis and financial crisis to great recession–no term accurately depicts the fundamental result of this economic turbulence: people facing hardship.

Life expectancy, air quality, safety and other indicators of well-being can vary dramatically within countries, depending on which region you live in. Looking beyond national averages is vital to get an accurate picture of quality of life and to guide local government policy.

Opinion piece on lobbying regulation by Rolf Alter, published in the EU Observer.

Blog article by Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director of Transparency International, written for the OECD Integrity Forum 2015.

Middle Eastern and North African countries should press ahead with further economic and structural reforms to boost flagging trade and investment, restore public trust and create jobs for the region’s young population, the OECD told ministers from the region today.

Initial Jobless Claims in Ireland increased to 58000 Persons in April from 53992 Persons in March of 2020. Initial Jobless Claims in Ireland averaged 65049.41 Persons from 1967 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 196988 Persons in July of 2009 and a record low of 20203 Persons in September of 1967. This page provides - Ireland Jobseekers Benefit Claims- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Business Confidence in China decreased to 50.80 points in April from 52 points in March of 2020. Business Confidence in China averaged 51.67 points from 2005 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 59.20 points in April of 2008 and a record low of 35.70 points in February of 2020. In China, the NBS Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index measures the performance of the manufacturing sector and is derived from a survey of more large-scale, state-owned companies. The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index is based on five individual indexes with the following weights: New Orders (30 percent), Output (25 percent), Employment (20 percent), Suppliers’ Delivery Times (15 percent) and Stock of Items Purchased (10 percent), with the Delivery Times index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direction. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion of the manufacturing sector compared to the previous month; below 50 represents a contraction; while 50 indicates no change. . This page provides - China Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Imports Intra Eu - Tobacco & Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes in the United Kingdom decreased to 29.90 GBP Million in February from 43.46 GBP Million in January of 2020. Imports Intra Eu - Tobacco & Manufactured Tobacco in the United Kingdom averaged 29.27 GBP Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 168.67 GBP Million in June of 2010 and a record low of 7.42 GBP Million in April of 2001. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Imports of Intra EU - Tobacco & Manufactured Toba.

Imports - Tobacco & Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes in the United Kingdom decreased to 31.79 GBP Million in February from 44.09 GBP Million in January of 2020. Imports - Tobacco & Manufactured Tobacco Substitut in the United Kingdom averaged 40.91 GBP Million from 2000 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 189.40 GBP Million in March of 2012 and a record low of 12.14 GBP Million in November of 2019. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United Kingdom Imports Ofbacco & Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes.

The Gaborone decreased 98 points or 1.30% since the beginning of 2020, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Botswana. Historically, the Botswana Stock Market (BSI DCI) reached an all time high of 11096.92 in August of 2015. The DCI (Botswana Gaborone Index) is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of the biggest companies traded in the Botswana Stock Exchange. It is a capitalization-weighted index.

Imports - Shrimps,Prawns & Lobsters,Fresh,Chilled Or Frozen in Japan increased to 11751.63 JPY Million in March from 10159.63 JPY Million in February of 2020. Imports - Shrimps,Prawns & Lobsters,Fresh,Chilled in Japan averaged 17022.24 JPY Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 30336.06 JPY Million in October of 2014 and a record low of 10159.63 JPY Million in February of 2020. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Imports of Shrimps,prawns & Lobsters,fresh,chille.

The Nigerian economy added 187,226 new jobs in the third quarter of 2016 after adding 475,180 a year earlier. The informal sector created 144,651 jobs, down 66.3 percent from last year but still accounting for 77.3 percent share. The public sector lost 7,012 jobs. The formal sector added 49,587 jobs, 19 percent more than a year earlier and representing 26.5 percent of total new jobs. Around 90 percent on new payrolls were created in human, health and social services sectors and agriculture and accommodation and food services. In the three months to June, the economy added 155,444 new jobs. Employment Change in Nigeria averaged 324042.07 Jobs from 2012 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 499521.00 Jobs in the fourth quarter of 2015 and a record low of 79465.00 Jobs in the first quarter of 2016. . This page provides - Nigeria Employment Change- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Imports - Vegetable Saps And Extracts, Pectic Substances in Mexico increased to 18169 USD THO in March from 10863 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Vegetable Saps And Extracts, Pectic Subs in Mexico averaged 11461.34 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 21239 USD THO in June of 2014 and a record low of 5479 USD THO in December of 2017. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Vegetable Saps and Extracts, Pectic Su.

What Florence Nightingale can teach us about the best ways to map the spread of disease

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Breakdown group reports roadside call-outs back to 90% of expected levels as motorists venture out

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Ross McEwan to step down from top job at end of October

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The number of people hired doubled between 2017 and 2020

First time in five years that rail groups have not paid into state coffers

The recruitment process in the industry is slowly starting to turn more professional

Plant-based alternative sales jump 200 per cent in US amid slaughterhouse closures

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss UBS's cultural faux pas in China, Deutsche Bank's plan to set up a 'bad bank' and Facebook's bid to shake up the payments world. With special guest Jan Kvarnström, bank restructuring expert.  

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Don Weinland, Beijing financial correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent and Elaine Moore, deputy head of Lex. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss a surprise candidate to succeed Ross McEwan as head of Royal Bank of Scotland, Goldman Sachs's nascent Marcus brand and Igor Kolomoisky's bid to reverse the nationalisation of Ukraine's PrivatBank. With special guest Harit Talwar of Goldman Sachs.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the outlook for the UK mortgage market, the reform of India's state-owned banks and leadership changes at UBS. With special guest Darren Cook, Mortgage Analytics Manager at Moneyfacts.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Benjamin Parkin, Mumbai correspondent, Alice Ross, wealth correspondent, and Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss RBS as Alison Rose, the first woman to lead one of the UK’s top banks, takes the helm, Iqbal Khan and the hiring spat between Credit Suisse and UBS, and the role of US investment banks in the failed WeWork IPO. With special guest John Cronin of Goodbody stockbrokers in Dublin.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest restructuring plans at HSBC and UBS, and the embarrassing mishandling of wills at Lloyds Bank. With special guest Eric Moore, fund manager at the UK's Miton Income Fund.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent.

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‘Robot and Frank’ paints a benign picture of silicon-based life-forms. But the film’s ‘near-future’ setting is one that often wrong-foots screenwriters  

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The thought of French purists fretting over ‘les snackbars’ has long-tickled English-speakers  

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Matthew McConaughey’s career revival provides a neat case study of how an actor can wrest back control of his image. It also tells a broader story about our weakness for a certain kind of Acting.  

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Are women more committed than men when it comes to getting to the office?

Station had carried reports critical of Duterte’s violent anti-drug crackdown

Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Falling interest rates, weak trading volumes and automation have led to an exceptionally brutal summer for global investment banks, which have shed tens of thousands of jobs, particularly on trading desks. Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, discusses the bleak outlook for bankers with Robert Armstrong, US financial editor.

Contributors: Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Robert Armstrong, US financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Hundreds of millions of people turn to the web each day to seek answers to medical concerns. But the information they share is far from secret. Madhumita Murgia, the FT's European technology correspondent, has been looking into what happens to the personal health information we share with these websites, and she tells India Ross what she discovered..

Contributors: India Ross, tech creative producer, and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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