[fre] Les trois principaux pôles du commerce mondial sont la Communauté économique européenne considérée comme une entité (c'est-à-dire abstraction faite des échanges entre ses douze membres), les Etats-Unis et le Japon. La CEE demeure le premier exportateur malgré la percée du Japon....

[eng] West Germany : A Wait and See Attitude Richard Wind The recent turmoils in financial and exchange markets have intensified the international pressures on West German policy makers to boost their economy. However, fear of inflation and concern about structural questions are generally put...

[eng] By mid-1986, the buoyant recovery following the 1982 recession had slowed down, marking the end of the cycle. Most economic indicators had been flat for two years. Then growth rebounded. But the persistant imbalances called for policy restrictions, especially budgetary ones, which...

[eng] Genesis of Cyclical Indicators, and their Maturation in the United States Philippe Sigogne, Véronique Riches Economic fluctuations were born with the Economy. Acknowledged since millenaries, they were considered as fatalities during all the preindustrial era, on account of a predominating...

[eng] In the last five years there has been sustained investment in France, Germany, the United-States and Japan. Have the adjustments required for steady growth yet been made in industry ? The investment recovery, worldwide since 1985, has been mainly brought about by the productive sector....

[eng] From 1982 to mid-1985, the United-Kingdom experienced one of the most rapid growth among western countries. Privileged relationships with the US, important energetic resources and a booming service sector account for such a result. Tax revenues from the oil sector eased the budgetary...

[eng] The cities of Hong-Kong and Singapore, of british origin and Chinese population, enjoy a standard of living comparable to that of southern Europe. They have both experimented an exceptionally fast growth over the past twenty years within opposite social and political frames : liberalism in...

[fre] L'ampleur des contraintes extérieures pesant sur les zones dites « en voie de développement » fait de leur desserrement une condition nécessaire, mais non suffisante, à toute croissance économique d'ici la fin de la décennie dans des pays qui, par choix ou par nécessité, se sont...