At a moment when the French President arrives in the United States, attention will be focused on his counterpart personality and the ability of both men to understand each other despite their age and character differences. It is essential if they want to adopt common positions about the many current economic and geopolitical challenges affecting the international scene. It should also give the opportunity to have a better understanding of today America. We are amazed by the achievements of these companies which have changed our daily life with their software (Microsoft), their smart phones (Apple), their platforms to have access ...

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After having been close to the symbolic rate of 1%, as last year at the same period, the French 10 years bond has significantly fallen back to stay around 0.70% since the beginning of April. The issuance launched April 5th with maturities running from 10 to 30 years has collected near 8 billion euro and that number will be increased to 8.6 billion including NCTs after auctions. Thanks to the rate fall, it will contribute to a new reduction of the cost of the French public debt because it will participate to the reimbursement of a 27 billion ...

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INSEE, the French statistical office, will publish at the beginning of next week its last estimation of French growth during the fourth quarter and will permit to have a clear vision of the economic achievements in 2017. The debate, regarding numbers, 1.9 or 2%, is fascinating commentators but doesn’t make a lot of sense since official statistics accuracy is not enough to make the difference. 2% looks better, on an optical point of view, than 1.9%. This result shows a clear improvement compared to the five years of stagnation France has bored between 2012 and 2016. The ...

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