The Detailed Assessments of the Observance of Standards and Codes on France reviews compliance with Basel Core …. France fulfills all prerequisites for effective payment clearing and settlement systems. Capital markets are large and …

These Technical Notes on France explain integration of global financial markets. The stress tests for the France … constraints of the approach. Retail activity by foreign banks in France is small, but significant. The financial landscape in … France remains characterized by a large number of idiosyncrasies that affect monetary transmission. Macroeconometric models …

French government. France has a large and sophisticated financial system, which accounts for 10 percent of the global banking …

This note provides a report on the Observance of Standards and Codes in France, and provides updates on the …

This 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of France is facing a fast-approaching demographic …

Transparency for France. Up to mid-2001, different rules were applied to insurance firms regulated by the Insurance Code and to …

This Selected Issues paper reviews developments in health care spending in France and discusses the recent measures to … past reforms, the new measures offer a reasonable hope of containing France’s health expenditures. The paper presents a …

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 …