Poor figures for the French economy
By 2023, the public deficit will have risen to 5.5% of GDP, and public debt to 110.6% of GDP, according to INSEE. This slippage is an embarrassment for the government.
By 2023, the public deficit will have risen to 5.5% of GDP, and public debt to 110.6% of GDP, according to INSEE. This slippage is an embarrassment for the government.
In 2023, 3.1 million homes were vacant in France, excluding Mayotte, representing 8.2% of the housing stock (Insee).
Where is the good economic health of France that we heard so much about during the election campaign? The INSEE figures on inflation and growth are very worrying.
Total production of goods and services is falling sharply. The contraction is particularly strong in construction (-24.1% after -12.8%), but the production of goods also falls (-16.8% after -5.6%) and the production of market services also falls sharply (-13.4% after -5.0%) according to INSEE.
In February 2020, 47.7 million people were registered on the French electoral rolls outside New Caledonia, including 1.3 million residing outside France and registered on a consular list (INSEE).
In a business survey entitled Clair-obscur, INSEE analyses the growth forecasts for the first half … Read more