When we mention the building sector, we immediately think about China which is going through a serious crisis which could have heavy financial consequences and affect growth. In France it is quite also worrying but with a different nature. Its effects on families contribute to the deep discontent which has leaded to elections results giving to extremist parties a place they had never reached in the past. Yet, in the public debate and inside party different proposals, housing only occupies a secondary position because the political class seems not to have perceived the extent of the problem and its economic ...

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The lack of majority at the French National Assembly risks to lead to a political impasse. Six weeks after the snap elections, France is still under a caretaker government. The president of the Republic starts from August 23th a succession of meetings with the representants of the different political parties in order to constitute a government but nothing allows to be sure that these meetings will result to the choice of a Prime Minister able to build a coalition which will make its laws adopted and in particular the 2025 finance bill which will express its new political choices. This ...

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After the publication of the Chinese growth during the 2^nd quarter, and according to the consultation of the international medias or of the Chinese newspapers, we are worry or reinsured. The international press notes that the 1^st estimation of the GDP growth (4.7% year on year) is in retreat compared to the 1^st quarter one (5.3% year on year) and sees there a sign of an important slowing which is the consequence of the structural problems the country is confronted with. To the opposite, the Chinese Daily News is satisfied because growth during the 1 ...

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