The potential headache of measuring economies in public expenditure
By Raul Sampognaro Since 2009, the French budget deficit has been cut by 3.3 GDP points, from 7.2 percent of GDP in 2009 to 3.9 […]
The labour market: is the unemployment rate a good indicator?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Pierre Madec Considering the euro zone on the one hand and the United States and the United Kingdom on the other, changes […]
The French economy on the road to recovery
by Hervé Péléraux The publication of the INSEE’s business surveys on October 22 confirms the French economy’s positive situation in the second half of 2015, […]
The labour market on the road to recovery
By Bruno Ducoudré A look at the figures just published by France’s Pôle Emploi job centre for the month of September 2015 shows that the […]
An ever so fragile recovery
By the Department of Analysis and Forecasting, under the direction of Eric Heyer and Xavier Timbeau This text summarizes the OFCE’s economic forecast for 2015-2017 for the […]
Investing in the zero carbon economy in order to escape secular stagnation
By Xavier Timbeau What the downward revisions of various forecasts (IMF, OECD, OFCE) presented in early autumn 2015 tell us about the euro zone is not very […]
Lower taxation on business but higher on households
By Mathieu Plane and Raul Sampognaro Following the delivery of the Gallois Report in November 2012, the government decided at the beginning of Francois Hollande’s five-year […]
2015-2017 forecasts for the French economy
By Mathieu Plane, Bruno Ducoudré, Pierre Madec, Hervé Péléraux and Raul Sampognaro This text summarizes the OFCE’s economic forecast for the French economy for 2015-2017 After a […]
The COP 21 conference: the necessity of compromise
By Aurélien Saussay On Tuesday, 6 October 2015, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) released a preliminary version of the draft agreement […]
Slowing growth: due to the supply side?
By Jérôme Creel and Xavier Ragot The weakness of the recovery in 2014 and 2015 raises the need for a structural re-examination of the state of […]