OECD's Gurria hinting that central banks are running low on options

  • You have to move towards structural reforms
  • We've run out of easy fixes for economies
  • OECD forecasts 3% global growth
  • Conditions are tough but not forecasting recession
  • Trade is very sluggish
  • Investment is running at half the speed it should be
  • We should be worried about deflation
  • We've been focusing on supply side of inflation, have to look at demand side also
  • Oil hasn't found stability, we're still going to see volatility
  • UK should stay firmly in Europe, is much strong as part of Europe

Back in Feb they had the scythe out for global growth cutting it to 3.0% from 3.3%