France: Selected Issues

July 3, 2014

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France: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper reviews business investment patterns in France during the crisis. The main motivation is to explore whether investment has recently evolved in line with established determinants or displayed somewhat unconventional dynamics. This paper addresses three distinct questions. First, has recent investment behavior essentially been consistent with past trends or is there any discernible structural break as a result of the crisis. Second, what drove the contraction in investment during the crisis. Third, what is the investment outlook and can a swift and strong rebound going forward be expected. The paper presents main results and the outlook for investment.

Subject: Capacity utilization, Export performance, Exports, Imports, International trade, National accounts, Private investment, Production

Keywords: Business investment, Capacity utilization, CR, Equity ratio, Export, Export performance, Exports, France, Global, Gross export, Imports, Investment, Investment behavior, Investment growth, Investment outlay, Investment outlook, Investment plan, ISCR, Private investment, Support investment activity, Value

Publication Details

Pages:

32
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2014/183
Stock No:

1FRAEA2014002
ISBN:

9781498304023
ISSN:

1934-7685

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