The OECD also said that as America's economy is in recovery it should not delay raising interest rates beyond the last quarter of 2010.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

If the government tries to stave off that adjustment by massive fiscal means, it might delay the further interest-rate cuts that financial markets expect in coming months.

ECONOMIST: The economy

Yet it is in the Iraqi regime's interest to delay co-operation with the inspectors' demands for as long as possible.

ECONOMIST: In need of resolution