OECD economic surveys Germany 2014.
OECD's 2014 Economic Survey of Germany examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. Special chapters cover strengthening financial sector resilience, raising the potential of the domestically oriented sector and making economic growth more socially inclusive.
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[Paris, France] :
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| Series: | OECD Economic Surveys
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705718306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Table of contents; Basic statistics of Germany, 2012; Executive summary; Main findings; Key recommendations; Assessment and recommendations; Economic growth is strengthening but medium-term prospects need to be improved; Figure 1. Key economic indicators; Figure 2. The current account, the trade balance and net foreign assets; Table 1. Macroeconomic indicators and projections; Figure 3. Potential growth and ageing effects; Strengthening financial sector resilience; Figure 4. Growth of bank loans and corporate bond issuance; Figure 5. Capital ratios and leverage ratios
- Effective resolution tools are important to remove failing banks from the marketFigure 6. Perceived government guarantees for major banks across countries; Reforming the public banking sector further; Recommendations on strengthening the resilience of the financial sector; Fostering better balanced, socially inclusive and greener long-term growth with fiscal policies; Table 2. Government financial indicators; Tax reform can raise potential growth, make it greener and socially more inclusive; Figure 7. Revenues from environmentally related taxes; Recommendations on fiscal policy
- Strengthening the contribution of the services sector to economic growthFigure 8. Real value-added and productivity growth in manufacturing and services; Regulatory barriers hold back competition in network industries, professional services and the crafts; Making support for renewable energy more cost effective; Figure 9. Electricity prices in households and business; Further labour market reforms can partly offset the impact of demographic change on labour supply; Figure 10. Difference in average tax wedge between primary and secondary earners
- Recommendations to strengthen potential growth and to mitigate the impact of demographic change on living standardsMaking economic growth more socially inclusive; Avoiding labour market duality; Figure 11. Relative poverty and income inequality; Table 3. Exposure to poverty of workers in non-regular, part-time and self-employment; Providing more education support for the disadvantaged; Figure 12. Impact of socio-economic status on the average difference in performance in mathematics; Making health and old-age pension insurance more inclusive
- Recommendations to make economic growth more socially inclusiveBibliography; Annex. Progress in main structural reforms; Improve labour market performance; Improve competition in product markets; Make health care financing more sustainable; Make the education system more efficient; Maintaining public finances on a sustainable path; Stability of the banking sector; Lift potential growth in a globalised world; Climate change mitigation and green growth: make ambition pay; Thematic chapters; Chapter 1. Strengthening financial sector resilience
- German banks have weathered the euro area crisis well but domestic lending growth remains weak
