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Almost four years since the onset of the global financial and economic crisis, unemployment and underemployment remain stubbornly high in many G20 countries, and many workers remain trapped in low paid, often informal, jobs with little social protection. Job creation has been anemic in many...
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France's recent economic performance has been distinctly positive, supported by policy reforms over a number of years …. Improving long-term economic performance depends crucially on significant reductions in France's high tax burden. Effective …
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France’s near–term economic outlook is moderately positive, but clouded by risks from the global environment. The … government’s reformist intentions provide an historic opportunity to place France onto a sustained higher growth path with …
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The staff report gives details of some selected issues of France, namely its credit developments, systematic linkages … developments of France's external competitiveness, and also the evolution of its export performance after the 2008 financial crisis …
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The export performance of the French economy relative to its own past and relative to a major trading partner, Germany, has deteriorated. The risk analysis indicates that French firms have seen a significant improvement in the corporate health, and seem resilient to the recent financial shock...
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U.S. shocks explain a large part of French output common components. This paper analyzes the economic implications of two alternative welfare financing reforms: a reduction in payroll taxes funded by an increase in consumption taxes, and the other funded by a new levy on business value added....
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France’s economic short-term outlook is positive, and long-term prospects have improved. Fiscal adjustment remains high …
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This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that the global financial crisis and the contraction of world trade have pulled the French economy into a severe recession and put its financial sector under strain. Structural features combined with early policy action have helped soften the...
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This Selected Issues paper on France underlies public intervention in financial markets. Econometric analysis indicates … counterfactual exercise suggests that a lower return to experience could be responsible for lower early wage growth in France …. Increased training could enhance the employment experience of the low-skilled young worker in France provided that its cost is …
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