OECD: Reform of labour law and tax key to recovery

THE OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) said EU states should loosen labour laws and adjust tax systems to bolster the recovery from this severe economic slump.

OECD: Reform of labour law and tax  key to recovery

Structural changes “provide the main available policy lever to speed up the global recovery” after the recession left a “permanent scar” of lost growth, OECD chief economist Pier Carlo Padoan wrote in a report.

The OECD said this week an economic recovery among the world’s most-advanced economies is gathering strength. In the US and Italy, growth may accelerate from the first quarter, while Germany, Canada, France and Britain may see a slowdown, it forecast.

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