La publication des chiffres du commerce extérieur (déficit en hausse) et de la production industrielle (en baisse), venant après l’annonce de la stagnation du PIB au deuxième trimestre, clôt la série des mauvaises nouvelles pour l’économie française. La question n’est donc plus de savoir si « elle va mieux », mais pourquoi elle va mal. En cinq ans, la croissance n’aura jamais dépassé 2%. C’est sans précédent depuis la deuxième guerre mondiale. C’est aussi sans équivalent pour un pays développé qui connait un dynamisme ...

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European Commission has just announced the launch of a detailed inquiry regarding Areva restructuration. That’s all if needed. If there is one achievement France can be rightly proud about, along with high-speed trains and communication networks, it is its nuclear power production. It allowed us, since we don’t have any oil, natural gas or coal, to improve our trade balance, without emitting CO2 and providing consumers with unbeatable prices. Our German and Italian neighbors are paying for it between 50 and 80% more. So, for the last four years, this activity is undergoing constant political attacks. Areva which ...

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TEC-10 index, published by Agence France Trésor, which measures interest rate paid by the State on its ten years bonds has reached on July 1^st, an unprecedented level : 0,17%. It had fallen last Monday, after the announcement of the results of the British referendum, and had come back to the low levels attained during a few days, in April 2015. But the fall was amplified at the end of the week. Investors have chosen the safest assets when financial markets were confronted with a confidence crisis reflecting worries generated by the Brexit vote. But if stock markets ...

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