Under the influence of the theories developed by Keynes and after the decisions of the president Roosevelt to get out of the 1929 crisis, the budgetary policy became, before the monetary policy and the action of the central banks, an essential tool giving to the governments the means to restore the economic balances and to satisfy household and enterprise needs. The increase of the State investment expenditures had a positive impact on growth and employment. The taxes reductions on household, through the purchasing power increase and the consumption which was resulting from them were supporting demand. The charges reductions granted ...

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These last days, the government and INSEE have given a large set of data allowing to having a more precise vision about France financial situation. INSEE had published at the end of September the figures of the national assets and of the development of the public debt. The government has sent to the Parliament its finance bill project for 2024 which gives a description of the budget deficit evolution and of the State debt charges. It is these last figures which have mainly attracted attention in an inflationist context which remains high and after the rates increases decided for one ...

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Political leaders are inside their function when they explain that the country situation is improving thanks to their action and that they take the appropriate measures in order to more progressing. Unfortunately, they don’t convince public opinion if we refer to polls and the figures do not show they are right. The State and the public organisms have never spent so much but we see a continuous degradation of the public services. For ten years, priority has been given to the recovery of the competitiveness and to the re-industrialization but the foreign trade deficit does not stop to increase ...

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