Unsatisfactory global growth: A call to policy action!

By Catherine L. Mann. Our Interim Economic Outlook launched today shows a troubling picture—world growth stuck at 3% in 2016, and only 3.3% in 2017, with substantial volatility in financial markets raising new risks.  The OECD’s mantra is “better policies for better lives”  and that is central to our assessment that a stronger policy response is urgently needed to get global growth out of this low-growth equilibrium. More...