France: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for France
July 26, 2018
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In a favorable global conjuncture, France has benefitted from a broad-based recovery last year, with robust growth and improving labor market trends, which have led to a decline in the fiscal deficit below 3 percent of GDP last year. But structural challenges persist, with still high unemployment, weak competitiveness, and high private and public debt burdens, which are hampering economic performance.
Subject: Employment, Expenditure, Labor, Labor markets, Public debt, Wages
Keywords: balance of payments, banking sector, CR, Employment, Europe, financial system, Global, government, ISCR, Labor markets, product market reform, reform, reform strategy, regime, Wages
Pages:
69
Volume:
2018
DOI:
Issue:
243
Series:
Country Report No. 2018/243
Stock No:
1FRAEA2018001
ISBN:
9781484371053
ISSN:
1934-7685
