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Securitisation is growing at a moderate pace in France. With total outstanding securitised assets of EUR 215 billion at mid-2013, France ranks fifth in the euro area. The majority of securitised assets are loans to French residents. Securitisation has facilitated banks’ access to Eurosystem...

Current policy debate has renewed interest in countercyclical provisioning policies; dynamic provisions are regarded as a valuable device for pursuing this goal. Last July, Ecofin supported "the introduction of forward-looking provisioning, which consists in constituting provisions deducted from...