L’année 2011 a été marquée par une évolution des placements financiers des ménages : fléchissement de la collecte de l’assurance-vie, retraits sur les OPCVM et sensible progression des produits bancaires les plus liquides.

Using a large sample of accounting data for non-financial companies in France, this paper studies the interactions between macroeconomic shocks and companies' financial fragility. We consider links in both directions, namely whether firms' bankruptcies are affected by macroeconomic variables,...

In order to assess transmission mechanisms between global and domestic house prices, and possibly contagion effects, we use a large database of macroeconomic variables for OECD countries. We extract common factors to summarize the comovements of the variables and include them in stationary FAVAR...

Comme l’a montré la crise actuelle, les marchés immobiliers sont à l’origine de chocs macroéconomiques importants, ce qui justifie un suivi régulier du double point de vue de la politique monétaire et de la stabilité financière.

As the current crisis has shown, housing markets give rise to significant macroeconomic shocks. This calls for their regular monitoring both from a monetary policy and financial stability point of view.

The paper attempts to provide, for housing markets, evidence of "shift-contagion" at the international level, i. e. regime shifts in the transmission of asset prices during crisis periods. The focus is in particular on UK and Spain. We use a Markov Switching FAVAR framework and regime-dependent...

The article contributes to the literature on financial fragility, studying how macro-economic shocks affect supply and demand in the corporate debt market. We take into account the effect of the competitive environment, as well as the risk level, measured by companies' default rate. The model is...

Le 5ème symposium international de la Banque de France a porté sur les effets de la globalisation sur l’inflation et les récentes turbulences financières, ainsi que sur leurs éventuelles implications pour la conduite de la politique monétaire.

The fifth international symposium of the Banque de France addressed the effects of globalisation on inflation and the recent financial turmoil, and the potential implications for the conduct of monetary policy.

In addition to their credibility, the co-ordination and ranking of reforms are key to reducing costs in the short term and benefiting from positive effects in the long term.