[eng] Industrial hiccup. Forecast for 1999-2000 for the French economy Forecast for 1999-2000 for the French economy Division Economie fran aise Growth is expected to reach 2.6% and 3.2% in 1999 and 2000 respectively. By the end of 1998 and the beginning of 1999, the French industry has slowed...

[eng] The State, as a shock absorber Forecast for the French economy in 2000 and 2001 Division Economie Francaise In 2000, the raise in oil price represented a levy on the GDP of around 0,5 %. Indirect taxes were lowered to alleviate the inflationary consequences. So the virtuous dynamics...

[eng] Net. growth Forecast for the French economy in 2000 and 2001 Division economie francaise The GDP growth is expected to reach 4,2 % and 3,8 % in 2000 and 2001 respectively. Private consumption growth will stay high, being sustained by ample job creations, by present and advertised tax...

[eng] France growth anyway Forecast for 1998-1999 Division Economie Française Two opposite forces are working on the French economy. On one side, internal demand is highly dynamic. Strong employment boosts households consumption and private investment follows. Up to date data clearly confirms...

[fre] L'OFCE a beaucoup utilisé le modèle MOSAÏQUE, durant les quinze années de son existence comme outil pour traiter des questions de politique économique et pour tenter de prévoir, plusieurs fois par année, le futur de Véconomie française. Cette représentation trimestrielle de...

[eng] Towards 35 hours in France. Gérard Comilleau, Eric Heyer, Xavier Timbeau. The decision of the French government to reduce the legal duration of working week to 35 hours, by January 2000, put forward the work-sharing wage-sharing scheme to fight unemployment. The governement's proposal...

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

[eng] Comparison of saving rates in France and in the US Hélène Baudchon Valérie Chauvin The households saving rate has been sliding down since the beginning of the nineties in the US whereas economists can't explain its 90-95 increase in France. Both evolutions are worrying, but are they...

[eng] France has changed its national accounts, and their basis year is now 1995 instead of 1980. National accounts are regularly changed for two reasons. Firstly, the concepts used to compute the data become gradually inadequate. Measures must then evolve. Since the previous System of national...

[eng] The Netherlands flexibility under control. Catherine Bruno, Valérie Chauvin. Many of the other European countries envy the Dutch economic performance, especially in the field of employment : employment grew by about 20% from 1982 to 1996 and the unemployment rate has been cut by half from...