The responsibility pact’s obligation of a result
By Xavier Timbeau, @XTimbeau, OFCE The original French text was published in the “Rebonds” section of the newspaper Libération on 28 February 2014. Is the policy supply-side or […]
unemployment
What’s masked by the fall in US unemployment rates
By Christine Rifflart Despite the further decline in the US unemployment rate in December, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released last week confirms […]
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-Germany: is there a demographic dividend?
By Vincent Touzé Thanks to a high birth rate, France is aging less quickly than Germany. According to Eurostat, the French population is expected to […]
The onset of deflation
By Xavier Timbeau This text summarizes the April 2013 forecasts of the OFCE. The global economic and financial crisis that began in late 2008 is […]
France, Germany: The nonworking poor
By Guillaume Allègre “The ways of thinking society, managing it and quantifying it are indissolubly linked” Alain Desrosières, 1940-2013 The subject of working poverty emerged […]
What monetary policy for the ECB in 2013?
By Paul Hubert After the monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank on 7 February 2013, the ECB decided to […]
Is the euro crisis over?
By Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak As of early 2013, it is possible to make two contrasting assessments of the crisis. On the one hand, […]
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 […]
Higher unemployment in France, greater poverty in Germany
By Eric Heyer Will France be the new Greece, as The Economist has argued? Should French reforms be accelerated and be modelled on those implemented […]