This report makes use of a unique set of data on premiums and claims provided by global reinsurance companies to examine the contribution that reinsurance has made to enhancing the capacity of the primary insurance market to manage catastrophe risk and to reducing the economic and insurance market disruption that often follows catastrophic events.

This report analyses the emergence and potential of ICOs as a financing mechanism for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), examines the benefits and challenges of this mechanism for small businesses and investors, and discusses policy implications of ICO activity for inclusive financing of SMEs and the real economy.

30 January 2019, Singapore - This Workshop will bring together academics, public stakeholders and industry experts to discuss data collection and benchmarks for quality infrastructure investment and blockchain and innovation in sustainable infrastructure.

8/2/2019 - Gross borrowings of OECD governments from the markets are set to reach a new record level in 2019 by exceeding USD 11 trillion. While government funding needs in the wake of the financial crisis increased in most OECD countries, the recent further increase is confined to a few countries, particularly the United States.

While China’s overall debt-to-GDP ratio is not particularly high, its non-financial corporate debt relative to GDP is higher than in other major economies.

25 February 2019 - Corporate bond markets have become an increasingly important source of financing for non-financial companies since the global financial crisis. The total outstanding debt in the form of corporate bonds reached USD 13 trillion as of end-2018. In real terms, this is twice as much as in 2008. This paper documents a number of associated risks and vulnerabilities.

Global outstanding debt in the form of corporate bonds issued by non-financial companies has hit record levels, reaching almost USD 13 trillion at the end of 2018. This is double the amount outstanding in real terms before the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new OECD paper.

The Roundtable offers a forum for regulators, policy makers, experts, practitioners, scholars and international organisations in Asia. This year’s edition will focus on recent developments in capital markets, future capital markets facing the challenge of new financial technology and responsible, viable, and lifecycle infrastructure investments.

07/03/2019 - The OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee (IPPC) has confirmed the appointment of Mr Yoshihiro Kawai, Advisor to the Commissioner, Japan Financial Services Agency, as its Chair.

7 March 2019 - The International Conference on Pension Supervision and Regulation this year will focus on Options for creating sustainable pension systems in emerging markets and will take place in New Delhi, India.

A robust and resilient anti-money laundering and combating of terrorism financing (AML/CFT) regime is the first step towards being able to implement effective legal, regulatory and operational measures. This document describes recommendations made by the OECD in relation to Latvia’s efforts to strengthen its AML/CFT supervisory and control systems.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Bucharest on 5-6 April 2019 to attend the Informal Meeting of European Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers (ECOFIN).

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Washington, from 11 to 13 April 2019 to attend a G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, a G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, and the 2019 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.

23-24 April 2019, Paris - Debates at the 2019 Global Forum focused on the funding environment, the role of borrowing instruments in broadening the investor base, technological advances in finance for government bond markets and challenging debt dynamics.

This report provides updates of trends and developments associated with sovereign borrowing requirements and debt levels from the perspective of public debt managers for the OECD area and country groupings.

This OECD report monitors trends in the financial performance of private pension plans. Covering 87 countries, it assesses the amount of assets in funded and private pension plans, describes the way these assets are invested in financial markets, and looks at how investments have performed, both in the past year and over the past decade.

31/05/2019 - Preliminary data for 2018 show that assets in pension funds amounted to USD 27.6 trillion in the OECD area, close to 4% lower than in 2017. Calculated in national currencies, pension fund assets declined in 12 out of 34 reporting OECD countries, including some of the largest pension markets: Japan (-1.1%), the Netherlands (-1.2%), Switzerland (-0.7%), the United Kingdom (-0.3%) and the United States (-5.0%).

Cross-border capital flows are an integral component of international finance, but require a balanced framework for removing unnecessary barriers to the movement of capital while providing governments flexibility to cope with instances of economic or financial instability, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria said today.

This paper studies the case of Turkey and suggests several tools to promote retirement planning. Section I provides a review of the traditional and behavioural policy instruments designed to promote retirement savings, along with a discussion on their effectiveness.

27 June 2019 - Preliminary data for 2018 show an increase in gross premiums of domestic insurance companies in most countries, especially in the non-life sector.

This report analyses insurance market statistics collected by the OECD to monitor the insurance industry’s overall performance and health. It covers all OECD countries plus selected Asian, African and Latin American countries.

Monthly monetary and financial statistics contains financial statistics on five separate subjects: monetary aggregates, interest rates, exchange rates, reserve assets, and share prices.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will participate in the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting in Chantilly, on 17-18 July 2019.

Each year, the OECD publishes a survey of the investment regulation of pension funds which describes the main quantitative investment regulations applied to pension funds in 77 economies. The survey questionnaire covers all types of pension plans financed via pension funds.

12-13 September 2019 - The 2nd OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum will address the benefits and risks of blockchain for our economies and societies, identify good policy and regulatory approaches, and investigate uses in specific policy areas.

Existing Home Sales in the United States decreased to 5270 Thousand in March from 5760 Thousand in February of 2020. Existing Home Sales in the United States averaged 3981.63 Thousand from 1968 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 7250 Thousand in September of 2005 and a record low of 1370 Thousand in March of 1970. Existing Home Sales occurs when the mortgage is closed. Mortgage closing usually takes place 30-60 days after the sales contract is closed. . This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Existing Home Sales - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Existing Home Sales in Spain decreased to 35.32 Thousand in February from 38.44 Thousand in January of 2020. Existing Home Sales in Spain averaged 23.73 Thousand from 2007 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 50.23 Thousand in January of 2007 and a record low of 11.54 Thousand in October of 2011. This page provides - Spain Existing Home Sales- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Morocco stands at BBB- with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Morocco was last set at Ba1 with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Morocco was last reported at BBB- with negative outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Morocco thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Morocco as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Mexico stands at BBB with negative outlook. Moody's credit rating for Mexico was last set at Baa1 with negative outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Mexico was last reported at BBB- with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for Mexico is BBB with negative outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Mexico thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Mexico as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Luxembourg stands at AAA with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Luxembourg was last set at Aaa with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Luxembourg was last reported at AAA with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for Luxembourg is AAA with stable outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Luxembourg thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Luxembourg as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for France stands at AA with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for France was last set at Aa2 with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for France was last reported at AA with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for France is AAA with negative outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of France thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for France as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for China stands at A+ with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for China was last set at A1 with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for China was last reported at A+ with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for China is A (high) with negative outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of China thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for China as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Canada stands at AAA with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Canada was last set at Aaa with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Canada was last reported at AAA with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for Canada is AAA with stable outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Canada thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Canada as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Andorra stands at BBB with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Andorra was last reported at BBB+ with stable outlook. This page provides - Andorra Credit Rating- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Angola stands at CCC+ with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Angola was last set at B3 with under review outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Angola was last reported at B- with stable outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Angola thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Angola as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Australia stands at AAA with negative outlook. Moody's credit rating for Australia was last set at Aaa with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Australia was last reported at AAA with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for Australia is AAA with stable outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Australia thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Australia as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Iraq stands at B- with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Iraq was last set at Caa1 with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Iraq was last reported at B- with negative outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Iraq thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Iraq as reported by major credit rating agencies.

IP Addresses in Isle of Man increased to 33371 IP in the first quarter of 2017 from 33213 IP in the fourth quarter of 2016. IP Addresses in Isle of Man averaged 25218.95 IP from 2007 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 33371 IP in the first quarter of 2017 and a record low of 11821 IP in the third quarter of 2007. This page includes a chart with historical data for Isle of ManIP Addresses.

Temperature in Isle of Man decreased to 15.38 celsius in August from 16.46 celsius in July of 2013. Temperature in Isle of Man averaged 9.37 celsius from 1743 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 17.82 celsius in August of 1995 and a record low of -0.14 celsius in February of 1895. This page includes a chart with historical data for Isle of Man Temperature.

The Sales Tax Rate in Isle Of Man stands at 20 percent. In Isle Of Man, the sales tax rate is a tax charged to consumers based on the purchase price of certain goods and services. The benchmark we use for the sales tax rate refers to the highest rate. Revenues from the Sales Tax Rate are an important source of income for the government of Isle Of Man. This page provides - Isle Of Man Sales Tax Rate | VAT - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Corporate Tax Rate in Isle of Man stands at 0 percent. In Isle of Man, the Corporate Income tax rate is a tax collected from companies. Its amount is based on the net income companies obtain while exercising their business activity, normally during one business year. The benchmark we use refers to the highest rate for Corporate Income. Revenues from the Corporate Tax Rate are an important source of income for the government of Isle of Man. This page provides - Isle of Man Corporate Tax Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Personal Income Tax Rate in Isle of Man stands at 20 percent. Personal Income Tax Rate in Isle of Man averaged 19.29 percent from 2004 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 20 percent in 2010 and a record low of 18 percent in 2005. In Isle of Man, the Personal Income Tax Rate is a tax collected from individuals and is imposed on different sources of income like labour, pensions, interest and dividends. The benchmark we use refers to the Top Marginal Tax Rate for individuals. Revenues from the Personal Income Tax Rate are an important source of income for the government of Isle of Man. This page provides - Isle of Man Personal Income Tax Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Isle of Man stands at N/A with n/a outlook. Moody's credit rating for Isle of Man was last set at Aa2 with negative outlook. This page provides - Isle Of Man Credit Rating- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Isle of Man recorded 329 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Isle of Man reported 23 Coronavirus Deaths. This page includes a chart with historical data for Isle of Man Coronavirus Cases.

Isle of Man recorded 23 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Isle of Man reported 329 Coronavirus Cases. This page includes a chart with historical data for Isle of Man Coronavirus Deaths.

Isle of Man recorded 271 Coronavirus Recovered since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Isle of Man reported 23 Coronavirus Deaths. This page includes a chart with historical data for Isle of Man Coronavirus Recovered.

Mortgage Approvals in the United Kingdom decreased to 56.16 Thousand in March from 73.67 Thousand in February of 2020. Mortgage Approvals in the United Kingdom averaged 83.91 Thousand from 1986 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 151.80 Thousand in May of 1988 and a record low of 26.36 Thousand in November of 2008. Mortgage approvals for house purchase refers to the firm offers of lenders to advance credit secured on specific dwellings to their customers. It covers approvals that are fully secured on residential property by a first mortgage. It includes existing borrowers transferring their existing mortgage to another property, lending to first-time purchasers and lending for buy-to-let purposes. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Mortgage Approvals - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The European Union faces serious challenges today, with public finances in poor shape, weak long-term growth prospects and an unemployment level close to 10%. In this context, the regional policy can play a crucial role to unleash the growth potential of our economies, says OECD Secretary-General.

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011.

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011.