Unemployment: an ambiguous fall, but an unambiguous rise in long-term jobless
Analysis and Forecasting Department (France team) The unemployment figures for the month of January 2016 published by France’s Pôle Emploi job centre show a fall […]
Month: February 2016
Why can’t Greece get out of debt?
By Sébastien Villemot Between 2007 and 2015, Greece’s public debt rose from 103% to 179% [1] of its GDP (see chart below). The debt-to-GDP ratio […]
Is missing disinflation a uniquely American phenomenon?
By Paul Hubert, Mathilde Le Moigne Are the dynamics of inflation after the 2007-2009 crisis atypical? According to Paul Krugman, “If inflation had responded to […]
Measuring well-being and sustainability: A special issue of the Revue de l’OFCE
By Eloi Laurent This issue of the Revue de l’OFCE (no. 145, February 2016) presents some of the best works that are being produced at […]
The secular stagnation equilibrium
By Gilles Le Garrec et Vincent Touzé The economic state of slow growth and underemployment, coupled with low inflation or even deflation, has recently been […]
How do French people look at equality of opportunity?
By Michel Forsé (CNRS) and Maxime Parodi Do the French people believe in equal opportunity? The Dynegal survey asked the question in 2013 to a representative […]
2015: An eighth year of rising unemployment in France
Department of Analysis and Forecasting (France Team) Since June 2015, the number of job seekers at the end of the month (the number of “DEFM”, […]