The Preamble of the Treaty of Rome: 60 years later, what conclusions can be drawn?
By Éloi Laurent The Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (the more emblematic of the two Treaties of Rome) gave life and body to the […]
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Does central bank optimism move financial markets?
By Paul Hubert and Fabien Labondance “Animal spirits”, also called “errors of optimism and pessimism” or “sentiments”, contribute to macroeconomic fluctuations, as has been pointed […]
Italy and the labour market: improvement, with caveats
By Céline Antonin Since early 2015, the renewal of growth in Italy, the implementation of Act II of Matteo Renzi’s Jobs Act, and the reduction […]
Britain’s referendum of 23 June 2016: The leap into the unknown
By Catherine Mathieu On 23 June 2016, the British people decided (by 52% to 48%) to leave the European Union. After having long criticized […]
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”, […]
The end of oil and coal
By Xavier Timbeau The idea that we must put an end to the use of oil and coal is not new. It has been pushed […]
Give Recovery a Chance
By iAGS team, under the direction of Xavier Timbeau The ongoing recovery of the Euro Area (EA) economy is too slow to achieve a prompt […]
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 […]
Financialisation and financial crisis: vulnerability and traumatic shock
By Jérôme Creel, Paul Hubert, Fabien Labondance Since the mini-crash that took place in the Shanghai stock market in August, financial instability has resurfaced in […]
Unemployment: a fall by temping
by Analysis and Forecasting Department (France team) The unemployment figures for the month of July 2015 indicate a slight fall (-1900) in the number of […]