OECD Main Economic Indicators

OECD Main Economic Indicators, often simply called Main Economic Indicators and abbreviated MEI, is a monthly publication by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) of economic indicators worldwide (with a focus on OECD countries). According to the official website, it "presents comparative statistics that provide an overview of recent international economic developments."^[1] The publication is available online at the OECD iLibrary.^[2]

Reception

Academic research

The OECD Main Economic Indicators have been used extensively in the academic literature to study the performance of OECD and (some) non-OECD countries.^[3][4][5]

Media reception

The OECD Main Economic Indicators (as well as a related twice-yearly publication called Economic Outlook) inform commentary on economic performance in the mainstream and financial press, including by Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg.^[6][7][8][9]

See also

• Economic Outlook (OECD publication)
• Blue Chip Economic Indicators
• Survey of Professional Forecasters
• ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters
• World Economic Outlook
• African Economic Outlook
• Consensus Economics: Surveys of International Economic Forecasts