Winter 2012-2013

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• French companies in 2011: expanding activity but shrinking profits 5 Companies Observatory

• The financial situation of the major listed groups remained sound in the first half of 2012 despite a difficult environment

• Securitisation in France

• Equilibrium exchange rate and competitiveness within the euro area

• Macroeconomic and financial vulnerability indicators in advanced economies

• The labour market: institutions and reforms

Autumn 2012

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• Current account imbalances in the euro area: competitiveness or demand shock? 

• Non-residents’ equity holdings in French CAC 40 companies at end-2011 

• New housing loans to households: recent trends

• Insurance institutions’ investments at end-2011 

Summer 2012

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• Holdings of French investment funds

• SMEs in Europe: disparities between countries and sectors were greater in 2010 than before the crisis

• Analysis of banking activity by business line

• Firms’ financing and default risk during and after the crisis (Summary of a conference hosted by the Banque de France and OSEO on 9 and 10 February 2012)

• 18th International Panel Data Conference: a Brief Synthesis. 

Spring 2012

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• High-growth SMEs

• The financial situation of the major French groups remained sound in the first half of 2011

• Leveraged buy-outs in France: substantial differences between small and medium-size targets

• Monetary and credit developments in 2011

• Has the 2008-2009 recession increased structural unemployment in the euro area? 

• The measurement of systemic risk (Summary of a lecture given by Robert F. Engle, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Banque de France, 25 January 2012)

• United States then, Europe now (Summary of a lecture given by Thomas J. Sargent, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Banque de France, 1 March 2012)

Spring 2011

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The impact of the earthquake of March 11th on the Japanese economy and the rest of the world

Monetary and credit developments in France: 2010, the year of the recovery

Inventories in the crisis

Structural reforms, crisis exit strategies and growth (OECD-Banque de France Workshop, 9 and 10 December 2010)

Structural analysis in times of crisis (Banque de France symposium, 29 and 30 November 2010)

The Banque de France in European and international organisations

Summer 2011

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Summary of the international symposium organised by the Banque de France “What is the appropriate regulatory response to global imbalances?” 4 March 2011

The relationship between capital flows and financial development: a review of the literature

Households’ savings and portfolio choices: micro and macroeconomic approaches

National financial accounts in 2010: recovery in lending and ongoing rise in debt ratio

Household savings behaviour in 2010

 Autumn 2011

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SMEs see a pick-up in business in 2010, but delay investment 

Companies after the crisis (Banque de France Seminar - 28 June 2011)

Fiscal and monetary policy challenges in the short and long run (Summary of the Banque de France-Bundesbank conference held on 19 and 20 May 2011 in Hamburg)

After the collapse, the reshaping of international trade (Summary of the BdF/PSE/CEPII conference of 25 and 26 May 2011)

Insurance companies’ investments at the end of 2010

Winter 2011-2012

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The cost of business credit by firm category

Companies in France in 2010: a mixed picture

Payment periods in 2010: the efforts made since the implementation of the LME have lost momentum

France’s national economic wealth showed a marked rebound in 2010 due to higher land prices

French overseas territories and the euro

Summary of the international workshop on microfinance organised by the Banque de France on 8 July 2011

Forecasting the business cycle (Summary of the 8th International Institute of Forecasters workshop hosted by the Banque de France on 1-2 December 2011 in Paris)

Fiscal and monetary policy in the aftermath of the financial crisis (Summary of the BDF/EABCN/EJ/PSE conference on 8-9 December 2011) 

Winter 2010 -2011

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The position of firms in 2009: a decline in business and a reluctance to invest during the crisis

Payment periods in 2009 (One year on from the Economic Modernisation Act)

French outward and inward foreign direct investment in 2009 (New presentation)

The future of monetary policy (Summary of the conference held in Rome on 30 September and 1 October 2010)

New challenges for public debt in advanced economies (Summary of the conference held in Strasbourg on 16-17 September 2010)

Autumn 2010

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France’s national economic wealth declined in 2009 for the second year in a row

Developments in regulated savings since the reform of the “A” passbook savings account distribution network

The financial position of SMEs in 2009: a financial structure that has proven resilient to the crisis

Post-crisis monetary policy strategies (Panel discussion at the Banque de France Foundation’s 8th Journées, 21-22 June 2010)

Cohesion policy and the new Member States of the European Union

Summer 2010

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National financial accounts in 2009:a shift in financing flows towards general government

Non-residents’ equity holdings in French CAC 40 companies at end-2009

SMEs in the manufacturing sector in France an intermediate position compared with eight other European countries

Developments in France’s foreign trade in services: analysis by sector and by country

The Banque de France rating system: an asset for the Central Bank and a tool for commercial banks

Economic linkages, spillovers and the financial crisis (Summary of the BdF/PSE/IMF conference of 28 and 29 January 2010)

Spring 2010

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Firms’ wage policies during the crisis: survey findings

The economic impact of business failures in 2008 and 2009

Housing markets after the crisis: lessons for the macroeconomy

Borrowing requirements and external debt sustainability of Sub-Saharan African countries

Valuation of unquoted foreign direct investment stocks at market value: methods and results for France

Summer 2009

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Autumn 2009

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 Winter 2009 -2010

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Measuring banking activity in France

Analysis of the scope of the results of the bank lending survey in relation to credit data

The position of firms in 2008 (Large enterprises, mid-tier enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises: reacting differently to the crisis)

Credit Mediation

Recent developments in the structure of insurers’ investments

A new standard for compiling and disseminating foreign direct investment statistics

Autumn 2008

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