France ÉcoScan — analyses
In-depth economic analyses
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Nine analyses that cross more series to settle a harder question: public spending and taxation, the trade deficit, productivity, investment financing, business creations, the minimum wage and jobs, emissions, demography, the yield gap with Germany.
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Public spending and taxes: what is financed, and who pays?
Is public spending driven by headcount, benefits or interest, and have taxes kept up?
Series · Public Spending (% GDP) · Tax Burden (% GDP) · Public Deficit (% GDP) · Public Deficit · Civil Servants · Social protection — government expenditure (% GDP) · 10-year OAT yield, annual average (%) · CSG on Labour Income (%) · Unemployment (ILO definition) · Population
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France's trade deficit: energy, competitiveness or specialisation?
From the 2022 trough to the 2025 deficit: how much is energy prices, the exchange rate, the productive base?
Series · Balance of trade in goods · Electricity price, businesses · EUR/USD Parity · EUR/CNY Parity · Industry Share of GDP (%) · Public Deficit · Employment Rate (15-64, %) · GDP Growth (%) · France GDP (Bn €)
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France's productivity slump since 2019
Never so much employment, and an hour of work that produces less: composition, investment or measurement?
Series · Hourly labour productivity (2015=100) · Employment Rate (15-64, %) · Business gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) · GDP Growth (%) · Active enterprises · Youth Employment Rate (15-24, %)
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Margins, rates, savings: what finances French business investment?
Business investment is at a high despite rising rates: margins, credit or savings?
Series · Business gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) · Non-financial corporations' margin rate (%) · 10-year OAT yield, annual average (%) · Household Savings Rate (%) · Tax Burden (% GDP) · GDP Growth (%) · Property Price Index
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A million business creations a year: real activity or a change of status?
Since 2009 the number of businesses has jumped: what do these units amount to in jobs and productivity?
Series · Business Creations · Micro-entrepreneurs — registrations · Active enterprises · Unemployment (ILO definition) · Hourly labour productivity (2015=100) · Tax Burden (% GDP) · Population · France GDP (Bn €)
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Does the minimum wage destroy jobs? What the data can and cannot say
A high minimum wage relative to the median: what do employment and unemployment show, and why the raw curve is not enough?
Series · Hourly minimum wage (SMIC), gross · Median annual net wage (D5) · Annual net wage — first decile (D1) · Employment Rate (15-64, %) · Unemployment rate (ILO) · Youth Employment Rate (15-24, %) · Non-financial corporations' margin rate (%) · Monthly net minimum wage (annual average)
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Falling emissions: decarbonisation or deindustrialisation?
A third less territorial emissions since 1990: how much comes from the energy mix, efficiency, industrial decline, imports?
Series · GHG Emissions · Industry Share of GDP (%) · GDP Growth (%) · Car production (volume index) · Electricity price, businesses
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Falling births, ageing population: what it changes for the economy
Fewer births every year: what happens to population, senior employment and debt per head?
Series · Births · Deaths · Fertility Rate · Population · Senior Employment Rate (55-64, %) · Debt per Capita (€) · Employment Rate (15-64, %) · Public Debt
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The France-Germany spread: what markets charge France for
The yield gap does not track the debt stock: what does it react to?
Series · Spread FR-DE (pts) · 10-year OAT yield, annual average (%) · Public Debt (% GDP) · Public Deficit (% GDP) · Public Deficit
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