Archives Jan. 1, 2024

The publication of the first estimation of the growth during the 4^th quarter (0%) has been accompanied by too complacent remarks because this figure is not only a statistical data relating to the current economic situation. It reveals a structural weakening of the French economy and it would have been the purpose of a deeper analysis. It occurs after the same 0% estimated for the 3^rd quarter. France has so known a nil growth during six months. That achievement will weight on the 2024 accounts. If growth has been in 2023 0.9%, it is thanks to an ...

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At the eve of the publication of its 4^th quarter growth figures, France is confronted with a new major social crisis with the protests of the farmers against their professional life difficulties, the fall of their life level and the many constraints provoked by the State decisions. The reduction of the tax advantages on their fuels which are necessary to the working of their agricultural machines has started a large movement with the jamming of the road infrastructures, especially in the Paris region. In five years, it is the third crisis initiated by measures which show a lack of ...

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The American election campaign has just started with the Republican primary in the Iowa and it is sure that, along with the society challenges as immigration, the economic issues will have a central place in the debate. The Biden administration will defend its achievements when the Republicans will explain that, with them, the results would have been much better and especially that most of the recorded progresses were resulting from decisions taken under the Donald Trump mandate. The only thing which is sure, it is that the American economy during these last years has obtained clearly better performances than the ...

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