Weak recovery in sight but damage from crisis likely to be long-lasting, says OECD

The slowdown in OECD economies is reaching the bottom following the deepest decline for more than 60 years, reported the June 2009 OECD Economic Outlook. But recovery is likely to be weak and fragile, and the economic and social damage caused by the crisis will be long-lasting.

OECD Economic Outlook No. 85, June 2009 http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?sf1=identifiers&st1=9789264054608

OECD: Economic Outlook http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/economics/oecd-economic-outlook-volume-2011-issue-2_eco_outlook-v2011-2-en

OECD: Consumer policy: Consumers and the crisis http://www.oecd.org/sti/consumer/consumersandthecrisis.htm

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