French GDP shrinking in the last quarter
Activity contracted during the last 3 months of 2019. Growth for 2020 promises to be more difficult.It will be less than 1% after 1.2% in 2019. French growth was negative…
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Sustained growth in the Eurozone since the beginning of the year
Growth has been robust since the beginning of 2017. In the second quarter, the economic activity was up by 2.5% after 2% during the first quarter and 2.4% in the…
What could make the ECB change its strategy?
This is the question we could well raise the day after Mario Draghi’s press conference that followed the monetary policy meeting. The President of the ECB was emphatic in convincing…
Economic Outlook – September 2016
The Economic Outlook issue for September 2016 is now available Economic-Outlook-September-2016
Economic Weekly – Views from Paris
The document is available here Economic Weekly-NatixisAM-02-09-2015 Key element of the week starting February 2 US employment has increased a lot during the last three months. The number of jobs…
Recession is the next step for the Japanese Economy
I have written different posts on the Japanese economic situation after the VAT rate hike (see here, here and here). This post is an update after the publication of sales…
Two Worrisome Graphs for the World Economy
Two graphs can illustrate the uncertainty surrounding the world economy. The first is related to the geographical sources of growth. The second is more specific to the Euro Area. It…
French growth’s fragilities
On August the 14th, the French statistical institute (INSEE) will publish the GDP growth number for the second quarter. During the first three months of this year GDP growth was…