[eng] Everywhere in the industrialised world, monetary and financial obstacles to economic growth still persist today. The situation is all the more unsettled as tentative cooperation has been replaced by confrontation in international relationships. In the USA, the recovery has been a typical...

[eng] Strength makes union Département des diagnostics As the United States are witnessing a maturing expansion phase, Europe and Japan have not yet got out of the recession. With no inflationary pressures, the United States have some leeway to grow, allowed for by a still accomodating money...

[eng] A cleared short term horizon Division modèle trimestriel Mosaïque Most Western economies experience sustained growth rates, but business conditions still widely differ. Optimism on the real economy gees with a large financial turmoil : exchange rates markets are upset by trade imbalances...

[eng] Turbulences' check-up Département des diagnostics Western economies began their recovery one year ago, but it is still difficult to foresee jobs and capacities creations on the near term. National situations exhibit quite varied imprints of indebtedness and disindebtedness waves brought...

[eng] The slowdowns that had started in 1989 had been disrupted by two sorts of events. On one hand they had been magnified by the Gulf crisis ; on the other one they had been weakened or delayed in some european countries by the reunification of Germany. Today the worse is behind us. 1992 will...

[eng] Some uncertainty Forecast for the world economy in 2000 and 2001 Division Economie Internationale World GDP is expected to decelerate from 4.8 percent in 2000, the fastest rate of growth since 1984, to 4.1 in 2001. The raise in oil priees and the tightening of monetary policies over the...

[eng] All together ? Forecast for the world economy in 2000 and 2001 Division economie internationale Activity is expected to expand rapidly in many parts of the world economy (4,2 % in 2000 and 3,9 % in 2001), except in Japan where an excess of capacity still impediments growth. Asian emerging...

[fre] Les prévisions occupent une place particulière dans le débat public en économie. Elles sont généralement considérées comme des prédictions, qualifiées fréquemment d'optimistes ou de pessimistes, comme si elles dépendaient de l'humeur des équipes qui les réalisent. Certes, en...

[eng] At the end of July, most industrialised countries were already on the path of a downturn. Japan and Germany were exceptions in that respect : a slowdown was only anticipated at the beginning of 1991, when the exceptional stimulus to their internal demands would have faded. In many european...