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Last update: February /05/2010
The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).
For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which France has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.
For each specific data category, a summary methodology statement is available in the Data Quality Assesment Framework of the IMF. Data sources and methods are explained in the rubric Definitions and methods.
Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted.
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Results | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of latest data | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| National Accounts GDP at chained prices | Billion euros (seasonally and working-days adjusted data) | Q3/09 | 401.67 | 400.61 | Quaterly national accounts (Insee) |
| * Imports | " | " | 119.04 | 118.62 | |
| * Households consumption expenditures | " | " | 235.31 | 235.26 | |
| * General government consumption | " | " | 95.20 | 94.53 | |
| * NPISH consumption expenditures | " | " | 5.89 | 5.85 | |
| * Gross fixed Capital Formation | " | " | 80.26 | 81.38 | |
| * Inventory changes 1/ | " | " | -0.1 | -0.6 | |
| * Exports | " | " | 109.33 | 106.92 | |
| National Accounts GDP at current prices | Billion euros (seasonally and working-days adjusted data) | Q3/09 | 480.11 | 478.58 | |
| * Imports | " | " | 117.46 | 116.51 | |
| * Households consumption expenditures | " | " | 272.85 | 272.15 | |
| * General government consumption | " | " | 117.06 | 115.79 | |
| * NPISH consumption expenditures | " | " | 7.18 | 7.10 | |
| * Gross fixed Capital Formation | " | " | 98.21 | 99.46 | |
| * Inventory changes 1/ | " | " | -0.1 | -0.7 | |
| * Exports | " | " | 111.30 | 109.06 | |
| Production Index (exclud. Energy and agricultural and food industries) 2/ | 2000=100 (seasonally and working-days adjusted data) | November/09 | 89.5 | 87.9 | Economic indicators (Insee) |
| Business Surveys | |||||
| * Monthly business survey (goods-producing industries) – Manufacturing industry – recent changes in output | balance of opinion among employers, seasonally adjusted, % | January/10 | 5 | -2 | |
| * Quarterly business survey (goods-producing industries) - Manufacturing industry – Productive capacity utilization rate (*) | seasonally adjusted, % | January/10 | 74 | 73 | |
| Employment 3/ 4/ | seasonally adjusted, Thousands | Q3/09 | 16 154.2 | 16 159.7 | |
| Unemployment (ILO definition) 3/ | seasonally adjusted, end-of-month, % | ||||
| * Metropolitan France and Overseas Departments | seasonally adjusted, % | Q3/09 | 9.5 | 9.4 | |
| * Metropolitan France | seasonally adjusted, % | Q3/09 | 9.1 | 9.1 | |
| Wages/Earnings 3/ 5/ | |||||
| * Basic hourly earnings for manual workers (SHBO) | quarterly variation, % | Q3/09 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
| * Basic monthly earning for non-manual workers (SMB) | quarterly variation, % | Q3/09 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
| Consumer Prices | 1998=100 | December/09 | 119.96 | 119.66 | |
| Producer Prices Index – Manufacturing (excluding value added tax (VAT)) | 2005=100 | December/09 | 104.4 | 104.2 | |
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Results | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of latest data | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| General Government or Public Sector Operation | National accounts (Insee) | ||||
| * Revenue | billion euros | 2007 | 940.4 | 909.1 | |
| * Expenditure | billion euros | 991.1 | 952.5 | ||
| * Balance, Deficit/Surplus | billion euros | -50.6 | -43.4 | ||
| * Financing | % GDP | 2007 | 63.9 | 63.6 | |
| ** General government | % GDP | 49.1 | 49.4 | ||
| ** Other Central administration organisms | % GDP | 5.1 | 5.0 | ||
| ** Local administrations | % GDP | 7.2 | 7.0 | ||
| ** Social security administrations | % GDP | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| * Financing | billion euros | 1 209.5 | 1 149.9 | ||
| ** Deposits | billion euros | 18.7 | 17.9 | ||
| ** Non-share titles | billion euros | 1 003.7 | 960.4 | ||
| ** Short-term credits | billion euros | 21.8 | 18.1 | ||
| ** Long-term credits | billion euros | 165.3 | 153.5 | ||
| Central Government Operations 2/ 6/ | MINEFI Direction du budget | ||||
| * Revenue | million euros | December/09 | 237 250 | 203 032 | |
| * Expenditure | million euros | December/09 | 367 097 | 329 689 | |
| * Balance of special accounts | million euros | December/09 | -8 146 | -16 692 | |
| * Balance, Deficit/Surplus | million euros | December/09 | -137 992 | -143 349 | |
| Central Government Negotiable Debt 7/ | Agency France Tresor | ||||
| * Total | million euros | December/09 | 1 147 985 | 1 153 093 | |
| ** OAT / Bonds (10-50 years) | million euros | December/09 | 718 847 | 717 386 | |
| ** BTAN / Treasury Notes (2-5 years) | million euros | December/09 | 215 018 | 215 663 | |
| ** BTF / Treasury Bills (less than 1 year) | million euros | December/09 | 214 120 | 220 044 | |
| * Average maturity of debt | years | December/09 | 6 years | 6 years | |
| 246 | 248 | ||||
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Results | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of latest data | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector | Banque de France | ||||
| * French contribution to M3 (euro area residency) 8/ | million euros | December/09 | 1 792 396 | 1 765 522 | |
| * Domestic credit to the public sector | million euros | December/09 | 563 552 | 579 124 | |
| * Domestic credit to the private sector | million euros | December/09 | 2 378 906 | 2 383 847 | |
| * External position (gross) | |||||
| ** Credit to the other euro area residents | million euros | December/09 | 1 034 463 | 1 047 267 | |
| ** Credit to the rest of the world | million euros | December/09 | 855 297 | 878 548 | |
| ** Deposits to the other euro area residents | million euros | December/09 | 338 957 | 359 268 | |
| ** Deposits to the rest of the world | million euros | December/09 | 880 606 | 920 369 | |
| Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank | Banque de France | ||||
| * Reserve money (euro area residency) 9/ | million euros | December/09 | 251 313 | 270 493 | |
| * Domestic claims on the public sector | million euros | December/09 | 67 422 | 67 643 | |
| * Domestic claims on the private sector | million euros | December/09 | 141 | 141 | |
| * External position (gross) | |||||
| ** Claims to the other euro area residents | million euros | December/09 | 9 011 | 9 011 | |
| ** Claims to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification) | million euros | December/09 | 95 330 | 94 334 | |
| ** Deposits to the other euro area residen | million euros | December/09 | 62 008 | 81 545 | |
| ** Deposits to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification) | million euros | December/09 | 113 246 | 103 369 | |
| Interest Rates | Banque de France | ||||
| * EURIBOR 3 months | montly average | December/09 | 0.71 | 0.72 | |
| * 10 years benchmark bond | montly average | December/09 | 3.48 | 3.55 | |
| * 3 months Treasury bill rate | December/09 | 0.41 | 0.42 | ||
| Stock Market | |||||
| * CAC40 index | end of period | December/09 | 3 936 | 3 680 | |
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Results | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of latest data | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| Balance of Payments (early indicator) | Banque de France | ||||
| * Imports of goods and services | million euros | November/09 | 41 431 | 42 944 | |
| * Exports of goods and services | million euros | November/09 | 36 280 | 38 904 | |
| * Net income receipts | million euros | November/09 | 431 | 1 420 | |
| * Net receipts from current transfers | million euros | November/09 | -2 443 | -3 943 | |
| * International reserves (net) | million euros | November/09 | -604 | 174 | |
| * Financial transactions (incl. International reserves) | million euros | November/09 | 37 794 | 2 988 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | |||||
| * Official International reserves (stock) | million euros | January/10 | 111 323 | 110 899 | Banque de France |
| ** Gold reserves | million euros | November/09 | 61 211 | 54 792 | Banque de France |
| ** Foreign exchange reserves | million euros | November/09 | 36 661 | 35 124 | |
| ** Fund position | million euros | November/09 | 12 978 | 12 887 | |
| * International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | million euros | December/09 | 101 098 | 101 713 | Banque de France |
| * Exchange Rates | EUR against USD monthly average rate | January/10 | 1.4272 | 1.4614 | Banque de France |
| Merchandise Trade 10/ | Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry | ||||
| * Total exports (fob) | seasonally and working-days adjusted data - million euros | December/09 | 28 962 | 28 900 | |
| * Total imports (fob | seasonally and working-days adjusted data - million euros | December/09 | 33 228 | 34 204 | |
| International Investment Position (date of previous data : end of 2007) | billion euros | 2008 | -372.1 | 254.4 | Banque de France |
| * Assets | billion euros | 2008 | 4 340.80 | 5 269.90 | |
| ** Direct investment (market value) | billion euros | 2008 | 936.10 | 1 663.70 | |
| ** Porfolio investment | billion euros | 2008 | 1 817.20 | 2 046.90 | |
| *** Equity | billion euros | 2008 | 331.70 | 582.70 | |
| *** Debt | billion euros | 2008 | 1 485.60 | 1 464.20 | |
| ** Financial derivatives | billion euros | 2008 | 237.80 | 158.50 | |
| ** Other investment | billion euros | 2008 | 1 275.70 | 1 322.20 | |
| ** Reserve assets | billion euros | 2008 | 74.00 | 78.60 | |
| * Liabilities | billion euros | 2008 | 4 712.90 | 5 015.50 | |
| ** Direct investment (market value) | billion euros | 2008 | 739.70 | 1 098.10 | |
| ** Porfolio investment | billion euros | 2008 | 1 896.20 | 1 934.30 | |
| *** Equity | billion euros | 2008 | 433.70 | 680.90 | |
| *** Debt | billion euros | 2008 | 1 462.60 | 1 253.40 | |
| ** Financial derivatives | billion euros | 2008 | 305.30 | 230.20 | |
| ** Other investment | billion euros | 2008 | 1 771.70 | 1 752.90 | |
| Gross external debt position 11/ | million euros | Q3/09 | 3 566 491 | 3 552 657 | Banque de France |
| * General Government | million euros | Q3/09 | 889 702 | 863 504 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q3/09 | 181 205 | 164 052 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q3/09 | 166 904 | 150 172 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q3/09 | 14 301 | 13 880 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q3/09 | 708 497 | 699 452 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q3/09 | 702 889 | 693 844 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q3/09 | 5 608 | 5 608 | |
| * Monetary Autorities | million euros | Q3/09 | 180 843 | 152 425 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q3/09 | 180 843 | 152 425 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q3/09 | 92 336 | 50 211 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q3/09 | 88 507 | 102 214 | |
| * Monetary Financial Institutions | million euros | Q3/09 | 1 621 119 | 1 667 345 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q3/09 | 951 669 | 994 374 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q3/09 | 55 212 | 61 246 | |
| ** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q3/09 | 896 457 | 933 128 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q3/09 | 669 450 | 672 971 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q3/09 | 359 252 | 361 688 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q3/09 | 310 198 | 311 283 | |
| * Others sectors | million euros | Q3/09 | 545 362 | 541 617 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q3/09 | 155 971 | 169 062 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q3/09 | 9 243 | 10 069 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q3/09 | 60 101 | 67 327 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q3/09 | |||
| *** Trade credits | million euros | Q3/09 | 86 627 | 91 666 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q3/09 | 389 391 | 372 555 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q3/09 | 356 413 | 342 075 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q3/09 | 32 978 | 30 480 | |
| * Direct investment: intercompany lending | million euros | Q3/09 | 329 465 | 327 766 | |
| ** Other capital | million euros | Q3/09 | 329 465 | 327 766 | |
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Results | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of latest data | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| Population (date of previous data: January 2009) | million (final) | January/10 | 64.7 | 64.3 | Demographic report (INSEE) |
Footnotes
1/ Inventory changes include acquisitions net of sales of valuable.
2/ France is taking a flexibility option for the timeliness of this data category.
3/ Source: Statistical Office of the Ministry in charge of Employment (DARES).
4/ All sectors excluding agriculture, government, education, health, and social services
5/ All sectors excluding agriculture.
6/ Accrued monthly issues. Previous data= same month, previous year
7/ Month-end results, excluding interest accrued and not paid, including provision for indexation of inflation-linked OAT's principal.
8/ French contribution to euro area aggregates measures the French resident MFIs monetary liabilities, other that notes and coins, vis-a-vis the euro area money holding sector (euro area residents other than MFIs and central government) as well as this sector's deposits at the central government (Post Office...).
9/ National statistics on euro banknote circulation are drawn up taking into account specific accounting conventions adopted at the level of the euro area. The European Central Bank now legally issues 8% of euro banknotes. The remainder is allocated to the National Central Banks as a share of the euro banknotes issue corresponding to its paid-up share in the ECB's capital.
10/ Source: French Customs.
11/ External debt is consistent with liabilities items of the IIP. SDR allocations are not considered as liabilities of monetary authorities for the international investment position under BPM 5. They will be included within BPM6 (planed for 2013-2014).