La Banque de France a organisé une conférence intitulée « Mondialisation et marchés du travail : les avancées récentes », les 16 et 17 mai 2013, afin de comprendre les progrès récents de l’analyse de la mondialisation, de ses effets sur les marchés du travail et leurs implications...

Since 2012, the Banque de France has conducted a new survey on access to bank loans /credit for industrial and service sector SMEs and MTEs. Firms appear to have reduced their demand for bank financing although the supply has not contracted.

At the workshop organised by the Banque de France some of the most influential researchers in the field discussed recent analytical works on the causes and effects of oil price fluctuations.

The euro area monetary aggregate M3, driven by overnight deposits,rose by 3.3% in 2012. The French contribution to M3 stood at 2.4%,underpinned by the sharp increase in passbooks. rowth in lending to the non-financial private sector slowed down in both France and the euro area.

Using the NiGEM model, the authors show that a wage moderation in the “deficit” countries of the euro area –i.e. lowering the annual growth rate of wages by one percentage point over a five year horizon– would improve their current account balances by 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points of GDP....

This conference of the CompNet (Competitiveness Network) co-organised by the Banque de France and the European Central Bank on 20 and 21 September 2012, provided a forum for the presentation of innovative research into firm level competitiveness.

The international profits of the major French groups have substantially increased in recent years. Between 2008 and 2011, the proportion of profits generated by the foreign subsidiaries of France’s CAC 40 companies reached 60% of their aggregate net operating incomes, corresponding to a 10...

En 2012, les PME françaises subissent les effets de la crise avec un ralentissement de l’activité et surtout une baisse des profits. Elles préservent globalement l’équilibre de leur structure financière et réduisent leur taux d’endettement, même si le choc de la récession de 2009 a...

En 2012, les 70 principaux groupes cotés affichent une situation financière globalement satisfaisante. Leur activité décélère et les profits diminuent mais ils stabilisent leur endettement et dégagent un niveau record de trésorerie.

Fin 2012, l’actif net des OPCVM français repasse légèrement au-dessus de son niveau de fin 2008 : la gestion collective française reste la deuxième de la zone euro.