§ Sir Ian GilmourTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the information he has as to(a) the rate of inflation and (b) the rate of unemployment in each of the European Economic Community member states, Australia, Canada, Japan, Sweden and the United States of America in each year since 1980, with estimates where possible for 1988.
§ Mr. Lawson[holding answer 27 October 1988]: OECD main economic indicators, published monthly, give inflation and unemployment rates for all the countries in question, the former on a non-standardised and the latter on a standardised basis.