Agence France Trésor has published today its TEC 10 index which reflects the 10 years interest rate offered by the State : it is going down to reach 0,4%. It has been inferior to this level only during few days, between April 2015 15^th and 23^rd. France still fully profit from the European Central Bank policy. It will generate this year a new and substantial reduction of the cost, for the State, of its debt. Contrary to the strong rise announced, against any logic, in the 2016 finance bill, this fall will permit a reduction of at ...

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La baisse des taux à long terme s’est accélérée au mois de février et ils ont retrouvé leur niveau le plus bas depuis avril 2015. C’est d’abord le signe que les marchés considèrent la  France comme l’un des pays les plus solvables au monde. L’écart avec l’Allemagne reste compris suivant les jours entre 30 et 40 points de base. Mais la baisse des taux résulte aussi des anticipations des investisseurs qui parient désormais sur un nouvel assouplissement de la politique monétaire de la BCE au mois ...

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Everyone should be happy with such a result which contrasts with the doubts affecting the durability of U.S. growth, the feeble rebound in Europe and the secular stagnation in Japan. But it’s not the case. This 6.9% figure is immediately accompanied with the following comment: “the worst achievement in 25 years”. China GDP has reached, in 2015, a level near 11 000 billions dollars. Year on year, production  has risen by almost 700 billions dollars, roughly a third of French GDP, whose increase, last year, was as little as 20 billions dollars. But any news coming from ...

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