France – Robust but unenthusiastic growth
GDP growth in France was 1% in Q3 versus 1.1% in the first quarter and 1.4% in the second (annual rate). The carry over for 2019 at then end of…
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What to expect next week ? August 26 to September 1, 2019.
Highlights > GDP figures for the second quarter in the US (29), Germany (27), Italy (30) and France (29) will give details on the composition of growth in all these…
What to expect next week ? (July 15 – July 21, 2019)
Highlights > The Chinese GDP growth number for the second quarter (July 15). During the first three months of the year growth was at 6.4% It should be lower as…
Growth rebound in the Eurozone
Growth resumes in the Eurozone. For the EA, it is 0.4% and for Spain 0.7%. Even Italy is recovering and returning to positive territory. France disappoints. Despite strong measures taken…
French growth fails to accelerate in the first quarter despite measures on purchasing power
French GDP growth decelerated slightly in the first quarter of 2019 even though the rounded figure stands at 0.3% (non-annualized) as in the previous two quarters. Despite the stimulus measures…
The French GDP will accelerate in Q1
The French GDP for the first quarter of 2019 will be published Tuesday morning at 0730. After a figure of 0.3% (non annualized figures according to the French tradition) over…
No real improvement in the UK after GDP figures
The UK GDP growth was at +0.4% during the second quarter (1.5% at annual rate). The carry over growth for 2018 at the end of the second quarter is 1%.…
Greece, a long and very expensive adjustment
This simple graph from the Wall Street Journal is just a measure of the constraints that have been imposed to Greece since the beginning of their adjustment. The US depression…