Growth in the 4th quarter of 2013, but …
By Hervé Péléraux According to the OFCE’s leading indicator, the French economy has grown by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2013. This result, which […]
Month: February 2014
Why not Sundays – but at what price?
By Gérard Cornilleau With respect to opening DIY stores on Sundays, one aspect of the issue has never been raised. It nevertheless concerns the majority […]
Revisions of the growth potential: the impact on deficits
By Hervé Péléraux Public finances – battered by the Great Recession At the end of the Great Recession of 2008/09, the fiscal problem that governments […]
Manic-depressive austerity: let’s talk about it!
By Christophe Blot, Jérôme Creel, and Xavier Timbeau Following discussions with our colleagues from the European Commission [1], we return to the causes of the […]
The Barnier proposal on banking regulation: whence the wrath?
By Jean-Paul Pollin (Université d’Orléans) and Jean-Luc Gaffard This time the evidence is there and it’s irrefutable: the reaction of the French “authorities” to the […]
Regulating the financial activities of Europe’s banks: a fourth pillar for the banking union
By Céline Antonin, Henri Sterdyniak and Vincent Touzé At the impetus of EU Commissioner Michel Barnier, on 29 January 2014 the European Commission proposed new […]