The FP Quiz
Foreign Policy
Among OECD countries, Americans pay the lowest federal gas taxes, 18.4 cents per gallon. With state taxes, the average comes to 47 cents per gallon as of July. Norway is a petrostate, but that doesn't mean it doesn't tax its people's gasoli...
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of State
The Philippine Congress enacted an anti-money laundering law in September 2001 and followed through with amendments in March 2003 to address legal concerns posed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Financial ...
Euro/US Dollar Monthly Technical Forecast
DailyFx
For our purposes, we will use the PPP values provided annually by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). We compare these values to current market rates to determine how much each currency is under- or over-valued...
Silvio, it's Time to Go
Newsweek
(As a recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development pointed out, the only OECD countries where children get worse schooling are Mexico and Turkey.) Development depends on the rule of law, but Italy's mafias st...
METALS-Copper drifts lower, demand worries linger
Reuters
"In the OECD, we do have the risk that we've got lower growth, higher inflation and more economic volatility ahead," said Michael Lewis, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. "From a commodities demand perspective, on the metals side it is very much...
The embarrassment of American broadband
Mac Central
And in a separate study, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) recently estimated that (as of June 2008) 25 percent of the U.S. population had broadband access, ranking the U.S. 15th out of the OECD’s 30 member c...
Beating the Curse
Foreign Policy
Although this is certainly a sign of progress, it is a daily struggle to ensure that these countries live up to their obligations under the EITI and that the OECD countries funding the initiative are setting a proper example themselves. Thi...
New York, Shanghai Watch Rising Sea Levels
BayInsider
Many of the country's biggest cities are threatened, the OECD report says. "What has been specific to China has been the enormous coastward migration, unfortunately just at a time when it would have been better not to settle low-elevation c...
Oil up to near $78 as weeklong rally continues
ksl.com
(AP) - Oil prices were up to near $78 a barrel Friday, continuing a weeklong rally amid an unexpected drop in U.S. gasoline inventories. By mid-afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for November delivery was up 10 cents at $77.68 in electron...
Bermuda Signs Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Mexico
PR Inside
Bermuda’s TIEAs are available for review on the OECD website, at www.oecd.org : . Ministry of FinanceLaura Semos, 297-7514Treaty Advisor ljsemos@gov.bm: mailto:ljsemos@gov.bm orMarston Webb InternationalVictor Webb / Bill Keegan212-684-6601...
Canadian Finance Minister Flaherty Says OECD Forecast is 'Pessimistic ...
DailyFx
Oct 16 - Will Crude Salvage its Bullish Drive and Extend the Strongest Rally Since July? Oct 16 - Canada's Consumer Prices Decline for 4th Month; Leaving BOC on Hold Oct 16 - Swiss Retail Sales Indicate Slow Economic Growth Oct 16 - Oil Ret...
The Phantom Recovery and What To Do About Jobs
Huffingtonpost.com
The OECD says our government already spends more per person on healthcare than France. It is so efficient that we'll get a tax cut from it. It will lower the cost of employment, it will increase the competitiveness of American industry. All...
NBN: Harvard backs open access model
Itwire.com
The comprehensive study of communications policies and outcomes of OECD nations on behalf of the Federal Communications Commission has profound implications for industry regulation in the US. Its findings are almost the polar opposite of pr...
Q&A: Scroogenomics Author on the Holidays’ ‘Orgy of Wealth ...
Wall Street Journal
If you add up that spending in the other major OECD economies you get, instead of $65 billion alone for the U.S., $130 billion (in holiday spending). There’s every reason to believe the dead weight loss is as big elsewhere. That would get y...