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Catherine L. Mann
OECD Chief Economist
Exiting from the low-growth trap:Investment
www.oecd.org/economy/economicoutlook.htmECOSCOPE blog: oecdecoscope.wordpress.com/
5th OECD Parliamentary DaysParis, 9 February 2017
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A Low-Growth Trap persists … disappointing short-run and long-run performance
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Note: Horizontal lines show the average annual growth rate of GDP in the period 1987-2007. Data for Russia are for the average annual growth rate in the period 1994-2007.1. With growth in Ireland in 2015 computed using gross value added at constant prices excluding foreign-owned multinational enterprise dominated sectors.2. Fiscal years.Source: OECD November 2016 Economic Outlook database.
Note: Labour productivity growth is output per hour worked at annualised rate. Source: OECD June 2016 Economic Outlook database; OECD National Accounts database; OECD Productivity database; OECD calculations.
Year-on-year percentage changes Tt
Tt2015
2016
2017
2018
Productivity Growth Real GDP Growth including projections
Low-Growth Trap is characterized by … widening productivity gap, rising inequality
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Inequality in incomeReal household disposable income, total population
Productivity diffusion gap
Source: Andrews, D., C. Criscuolo and P. Gal (2016), "The Best versus the Rest: The Global Productivity Slowdown, Divergence across Firms and the Role of Public Policy", OECD Productivity Working Papers, No. 5; Orbis data of Bureau van Dijk.
Note: OECD is the unweighted average of the countries for which data are available. Source: OECD estimations based on Kappeler et al. (2016), “Decoupling of Productivity and Median Wage Growth: Macro-Level Evidence”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers, forthcoming; OECD National Accounts database; OECD Earnings database; OECD Income Distribution database; OECD calculations.
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Product market
liberalisa-tion
Two-stan-dard-devia-tion reduc-
tion in global uncertainty
1% increase in foreign demand
1% increase in domestic
demand
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0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
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Real investment remains very sluggish… synchronize global demand to revive investment
OECD real investment Estimated impact of shocks on investment
Percentage change after 5 years
Note: PMR for a 16% reduction in OECD index of regulation in energy, transport and communications (ETCR) over 5 years, equivalent to the average pace of reduction among 15 OECD countries during the period 1993-2013. Global uncertainty two-standard-deviation reduction in index corresponds to a 26% reduction.Source: OECD calculations.
Note: Current recovery shows since 2008Q1 including the forecasts in the dotted line. Previous 3 recoveries pre-recession peak in 1973Q4, 1980Q1 and 1990Q3.Source: OECD November 2016 Economic Outlook database.
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World trade and GDP growth
Note: World GDP volumes measured at PPP exchange rates. World trade volumes measured at market exchange rates in US dollars.For 2014, world trade average growth for four years to remove the rebound following the crisis.Source: OECD November 2016 Economic Outlook database; and WTO-OECD-UNCTAD 2016 G20 Trade Policy Monitoring Report.
Reviving investment is key for trade … GVCs, and productivity
Global Value Chain indicator
Note: Structural global value chain indicator shown which adjusts for the economic cycle and changes in commodity prices. For further detail see OECD Economic Policy Paper “Cardiac Arrest or Dizzy Spell: Why is World Trade So Weak and What Can Policy Do About It?”. Source: OECD June 2016 Economic Outlook database; OECD STAN Bilateral Trade database; and OECD calculations.
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Use fiscal space conveyed by monetary policy: …Both Macro-collective and Micro-Structural
Long-term GDP gainFrom a 0.5% of GDP increase in public investment
First-year growth gain
Note: Structural reforms shows the impact of a 10% reduction of product market regulations.Source: Mourougane A. et al. (2016), “Can an increase in public investment sustainability lift economic growth?” OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 1351, OECD Publishing, Paris; and OECD calculations.
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The Future of Productivity
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Prepared with assistance from William Witheridge.