In Q4 2024, OECD employment and labour force participation rates held steady at 70.2 per cent and 73.9 per cent, near record highs.
Eleven countries, including Germany, Japan, and Turkiye, reached peak levels.
While most countries saw stable or rising employment, Turkiye had the lowest rate at 55.2 per cent.
For 2024, OECD employment rose 0.2 percentage points.Read More
After a strong 2024 performance, global trade is now facing headwinds from a tariff surge and rising trade policy uncertainty, a WTO blog said.
The world merchandise trade volume may fall by 0.2 per cent this year, with a modest 2.5-per cent recovery likely in 2026.
World GDP is now expected to grow by 2.2 per cent in 2025—0.6 pps below the baseline prediction—before reaching 2.4 per cent in 2026.Read More
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