A fall in the unemployment rate according to the ILO: the false good news
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer Two days following the announcement by France’s unemployment agency Pôle Emploi of an increase in Class A job seeker registrations […]
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Oil: carbon for growth
By Céline Antonin, Bruno Ducoudré, Hervé Péléraux, Christine Rifflart, Aurélien Saussay This text is based on the special study of the same name [Pétrole : du carbone […]
France: Recovery … at last!
By Mathieu Plane, Bruno Ducoudré, Pierre Madec, Hervé Péléraux and Raul Sampognaro The OFCE’s forecast for the French economy in 2015-2016 is now available. Not since the […]
Decline of the euro and competitive disinflation: who’s going to gain the most?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer For nearly two years, between mid-2012 and mid-2014, the euro appreciated against the world’s major currencies. Having reached a level […]
France: duty-free growth
By Bruno Ducoudré , Éric Heyer, Hervé Péléraux, Mathieu Plane This post summarizes the 2014-2015 outlook for the French economy In early 2011, France was one […]
What is a weaker euro likely to mean for the French economy?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer Faced with the rising risk of deflation in the euro zone, which has been reinforced since mid-2012 by the continued […]
Should we be celebrating the fall in unemployment at end 2013?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer Every quarter, the INSEE publishes the unemployment rate as defined by the International Labour Office (ILO): for the fourth […]
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 […]
France: the rise in cyclical unemployment continues
By Bruno Ducoudré The Great Recession, which began in 2008, has resulted in a continuous and inexorable rise in unemployment in France, by 3.1 percentage […]
A recession is not inevitable
By Marion Cochard, Bruno Ducoudré and Danielle Schweisguth The cold blast from the autumn forecasts continues with the publication of the European Central Bank’s latest […]