France: Selected Issues

July 31, 2009

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France: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed September 27, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the performance of French banks and the financial support measures taken by the French government. France has a large and sophisticated financial system, which accounts for 10 percent of the global banking system and 5 percent of global capital markets. This paper presents an overview of the French banking and supervision structure. It conducts comparative analyses of profitability, asset quality, capital adequacy, leverage, quality of capital, funding profile, and liquidity of banks. The paper also analyzes business lines, potential spillovers, and market perceptions of risk.

Subject: Banking, Econometric analysis, Expenditure, Fiscal multipliers, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stimulus, Structural vector autoregression

Keywords: CR, Debt feedback, Expenditure multiplier, Fiscal multipliers, Fiscal policy instrument, Fiscal stimulus, French bank, Global, ISCR, Recession scenario, Stimulus package, Structural vector autoregression

Publication Details

Pages:

57
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2009/233
Stock No:

1FRAEA2009002
ISBN:

9781451813739
ISSN:

1934-7685

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