Finally a good figure! In December, French exports reached their highest level in nearly two years, increasing by 3.6% compared to December 2013.

In 2014, the total amount of the exports reached 437 billion and got close to the peak reached in 2012.

France, no offense to the "declinists" is the fifth largest exporter, and the second per capita, among major countries. According to this criterion, France is ranked right after Germany. More than deficit reduction, resulting from the energy savings due to the lower year end oil prices and especially the mild climate, the rebound in exports deserves ...

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Après un record à la baisse hier, le TEC 10, qui mesure le taux d’intérêt constaté sur les marchés pour les emprunts français à 10 ans, se maintient à ce niveau exceptionnellement bas. L’écart avec l’Allemagne est toujours autour de 20 points de base, ce qui témoigne de la confiance des investisseurs envers la France. Cette situation appelle deux questions : pourquoi cette situation sans précédent et comment en profiter ? Autant les réponses à la première question sont simples et font l’objet d’un consensus assez général, autant, pour ...

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The publication of the first estimate of Chinese growth for 2014 has been greeted in France with a surprising wave of negative comments: one can read almost everywhere that this would be its lowest level since 1990, people hastily interpret it as the sign of a slowdown, and some even wonder about the risk of a collapse. Coming from a country where we would love to reach 1% in 2015, these observations are cheeky.

It is obviously not the first time that this denial about China’s situation expresses itself. By keeping on predicting that the country would not carry ...

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