France : Selected Issues Paper.
This Selected Issues paper examines external developments and competitiveness in France. Over the past decade, the current account has deteriorated from a surplus of 1.2 percent of GDP in 2002 to a deficit of about 2.3 percent in 2012, as France lost ground in goods trade and services recorded just...
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Formato: | Periódico |
Idioma: | English |
Publicado em: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2013.
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coleção: | IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;
No. 2013/252 |
Acesso em linha: | Full text available on IMF |
Resumo: | This Selected Issues paper examines external developments and competitiveness in France. Over the past decade, the current account has deteriorated from a surplus of 1.2 percent of GDP in 2002 to a deficit of about 2.3 percent in 2012, as France lost ground in goods trade and services recorded just a slight increase in global market shares. The slight improvement of the trade deficit seen in 2012 may suggest a change in trend, although it is still too early to determine. Past deterioration in export performance points to competitiveness weaknesses, rooted in significant rigidities in labor and product markets. |
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Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (84 pages) |
Formato: | Mode of access: Internet |
ISSN: | 1934-7685 |
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