The myth of fiscal reform
By Henri Sterdyniak On 19 November, the French Prime Minister announced that he was suspending the implementation of the “ecotax” and working on a major […]
Towards a major fiscal reform – at last!
By Guillaume Allègre, @g_allegre At the start of the week, Jean-Marc Ayrault announced an overhaul of the French tax system that would involve, among other […]
The trend in unemployment: no reversal in sight
By Bruno Ducoudré The government has announced that the trend in unemployment will be reversed by the end of 2013. The number of jobseekers registered […]
Is it pointless to separate banking activities?
Jean-Luc Gaffard and Jean-Paul Pollin It is at the European level that the last chance for a structural reform of the banking system can be […]
The chiaroscuro of the ECB’s “forward guidance” *
By Paul Hubert and Fabien Labondance “The Governing Council expects the key interest rates to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period […]
Rental housing: the CAE wants to change the ALUR …
By Pierre Madec and Henri Sterdyniak On October 24th, the French Economic Analysis Council (the CAE) published a paper proposing a new policy on rental […]
No surprises from the Fed*
By Christine Rifflart Not surprisingly, at its meeting on 29 and 30 October the Monetary Policy Committee of the US Federal Reserve decided to maintain […]
The energy companies: Green is making them see red
By Sarah Guillou and Evens Salies [1] Does the common energy market unduly favour renewable energy sources (“renewables”)? This is the opinion of the nine energy companies that […]
The euro zone quartered
By Céline Antonin, Christophe Blot, Sabine Le Bayon and Danielle Schweisguth This text summarizes the OFCE’s 2013-2014 forecast for the euro zone economy. After six quarters […]
The crisis on a plateau
By Xavier Timbeau This text summarizes the OFCE’s 2013-2014 forecast for the world economy. Six years after the onset of the financial and economic crisis, […]