World economy

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on the world economy. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.

Standard Notes

Date	Description
02.08.2013	Exchange rates: Economic Indicators page
	This page shows recent data on the value of the pound relative to other major international currencies.
02.08.2013	GDP - International comparisons: Economic Indicators page
	Comparisons of latest GDP data and forecasts for the UK and the world's largest economies.
31.07.2013	Inflation: International: Economic indicators page
	Eurozone inflation is expected to be 1.6% in the year to July 2013, unchanged from June. UK inflation was 2.9% in the year to June 2013, up from 2.7% in May.
19.07.2013	The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
	A short briefing on the background, process and features of the proposed EU-US free trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
03.05.2013	Japan's economy: from the 'lost decade' to Abenomics
	The effects of the sluggish growth in the 1990s ("the lost decade") are still being felt today in Japan's economy. A new government has embarked on a radical plan to revitalise the fortunes of the world's third largest economy. These policies have become known as Abenomics, after the new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Research Papers

Date	Description
06.12.2012	Pakistan in 2013
	2013 will be another important year for Pakistan. Federal and provincial elections will be held during the first half of the year. If, as seems increasingly likely, the Pakistan People's Party-led Government sees out its full term in office and hands over to a civilian successor, it will be the first time in Pakistan's history that this has happened. But the political and economic situation remains highly volatile and unpredictable.
13.12.2010	Loans to Ireland Bill. [Bill 125 of 2010-11]
	This paper on the Loans to Ireland Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading Debate on the Bill in the House of Commons. The Bill authorises the Treasury to loan up to £3.25bn to Ireland, and contains an order-making power to increase this limit subject to affirmative procedure in the Commons. It also arranges for six-monthly reporting to Parliament on the status of the loan. All Commons stages were taken on 15 December 2010.
04.06.1998	GDP per capita in OECD countries: the UK's relative position
	GDP per capita in OECD countries: the UK's relative position. House of Commons Library Research Paper 98/64.

Select Committee Reports

Date	Description
14.05.2009	Globalisation and its impact on Wales.
	Government response. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales; Welsh Affairs Select Committee report [Commons]
27.01.2009	Globalisation and its impact on Wales.
	Welsh Affairs Select Committee report [Commons]

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
24.03.2009	SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS
	That this House supports the proposal of China's central bank to replace the US dollar, a currency subject to debasement by a single government, as the world's primary reserve currency ...
10.03.2009	SPEECH BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
	That this House commends the speech made by the Right Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Cardiff on 7 March 2009; supports his wide-ranging attack on the globalised ...
11.06.2008	INFLATION IN ZIMBABWE
	That this House notes that inflation has exceeded 100,000 per cent. in Zimbabwe and further notes the misery this is causing for the people of that country; therefore deplores the conduct ...

Lords Library Notes

Date	Description
07.06.2013	Debate on 13 June: Government's Priorities at the G8
	This Library Note provides background information about the Prime Minister's stated priorities for the G8 meeting to be held in Northern Ireland on 17-18 June: advancing trade, improving tax compliance and promoting greater transparency.

POST Papers

Date	Description
03.10.2011	An Ageing Workforce
	This POSTnote examines the main challenges to the participation and productivity of older people in the workforce.