Economic Survey of the United States

The OECD's latest economic survey of the United States, to be published on Tuesday 29 May 2007, looks, in particular, at how certain tax preferences are distorting the housing market and at the reforms required to improve educational performance. The survey will be available to journalists in English on the OECD's password-protected website at 11.00 Paris time (9.00 GMT) for immediate release.

A Policy Brief with the main conclusions of the survey will be freely accessible in pdf format (in English and French) on the OECD's web site at www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/us. You are invited to include this internet link in reports on the survey.

Among the questions investigated by the survey are:

How is the economy performing?
What are the key challenges facing the economy?
How can longer-run living standards be enhanced?
What needs to be done to achieve fiscal sustainability?
What tax reforms would enhance economic performance?
What can be done to improve primary and secondary educationoutcomes?
How could access to higher education be facilitated?

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