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Last update: June /06/2013
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) | Q4/12 | 449.45 | 450.86 | Quaterly national accounts (Insee) |
| * Imports | " | " | 132.45 | 134.04 | |
| * Households consumption expenditures | " | " | 251.85 | 252.02 | |
| * General government consumption | " | " | 113.40 | 113.03 | |
| * NPISH consumption expenditures | " | " | 9.32 | 9.29 | |
| * Gross fixed Capital Formation | " | " | 85.58 | 86.24 | |
| * Inventory changes 1/ | " | " | -0.40 | -0.20 | |
| * Exports | " | " | 126.21 | 127.01 | |
| National Accounts GDP at current prices | Billion euros (seasonally and working-days adjusted data) | Q4/12 | 509.46 | 508.97 | |
| * Imports | " | " | 149.96 | 151.20 | |
| * Households consumption expenditures | " | " | 282.34 | 281.65 | |
| * General government consumption | " | " | 126.00 | 125.30 | |
| * NPISH consumption expenditures | " | " | 10.64 | 10.57 | |
| * Gross fixed Capital Formation | " | " | 101.92 | 102.42 | |
| * Inventory changes 1/ | " | " | -0.20 | -0.20 | |
| * Exports | " | " | 140.57 | 141.06 | |
| Production Index (exclud. Energy and agricultural and food industries) 2/ | 2000=100 (seasonally and working-days adjusted data) | March/13 | 97.0 | 98.0 | Economic indicators (Insee) |
| Business Surveys | |||||
| * Monthly business survey (goods-producing industries) – Manufacturing industry – recent changes in output | balance of opinion among employers. seasonally adjusted. % | May/13 | -4 | -17 | |
| * Quarterly business survey (goods-producing industries) - Manufacturing industry – Productive capacity utilization rate (*) | seasonally adjusted. % | April/13 | 81 | 81 | |
| Employment 4/ | seasonally adjusted. Thousands | Q4/12 | 15 961 | 16 005 | |
| Unemployment (ILO definition) | seasonally adjusted. end-of-month. % | ||||
| * Metropolitan France and Overseas Departments | seasonally adjusted. % | Q1/13 | 10.8 | 10.5 | |
| * Metropolitan France | seasonally adjusted. % | Q1/13 | 10.4 | 10.1 | |
| Wages/Earnings 3/ 5/ | |||||
| * Basic hourly earnings for manual workers (SHBO) | quarterly variation. % | Q4/12 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
| * Basic monthly earning for non-manual workers (SMB) | quarterly variation. % | Q4/12 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Consumer Prices | 1998=100 | April/13 | 127.2 | 127.4 | |
| Producer Prices Index – Manufacturing (excluding value added tax (VAT)) | 2005=100 | April/13 | 108.9 | 110.3 | |
| 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 | 2012 | 1 052.3 | 1 012.7 | |
| * Expenditure | billion euros | 1 151.1 | 1 118.5 | ||
| * Balance. Deficit/Surplus | billion euros | -98.8 | -105.9 | ||
| * Financing | % GDP | 82.4 | 76.1 | ||
| ** General government | % GDP | 70.8 | 71.9 | ||
| ** Other Central administration organisms | % GDP | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| ** Local administrations | % GDP | 8.5 | 8.7 | ||
| ** Social security administrations | % GDP | 10.3 | 10.5 | ||
| * Financing | billion euros | 1 833.8 | 1 716.9 | ||
| ** Deposits | billion euros | 37.7 | 30.1 | ||
| ** Non-share titles | billion euros | 1 546.1 | 1 471.5 | ||
| ** Short-term credits | billion euros | 8.1 | 8.2 | ||
| ** Long-term credits | billion euros | 242.0 | 207.1 | ||
| Central Government Operations 2/ 6/ | Direction du budget | ||||
| * Revenue | million euros | March/13 | 69 626 | 44 075 | |
| * Expenditure | million euros | March/13 | 90 248 | 64 408 | |
| * Balance of special accounts | million euros | March/13 | -10 404 | -6 788 | |
| * Balance. Deficit/Surplus | million euros | March/13 | -31 026 | -27 121 | |
| Central Government Negotiable Debt 7/ | Agency France Tresor | ||||
| * Total | billion euros | April/13 | 1 419.893 | 1 420.409 | |
| ** OAT / Bonds (10-50 years) | billion euros | April/13 | 1 000.374 | 999.527 | |
| ** BTAN / Treasury Notes (2-5 years) | billion euros | April/13 | 249.479 | 250.634 | |
| ** BTF / Treasury Bills (less than 1 year) | billion euros | April/13 | 170.040 | 170.248 | |
| * Average maturity of debt | years | April/13 | 7 years | 7 years | |
| days | 44 days | 02 days | |||
| 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 | April/13 | 1 892 891 | 1 861 277 | |
| * Domestic credit to the public sector | million euros | April/13 | 496 642 | 490 774 | |
| * Domestic credit to the private sector | million euros | April/13 | 2 625 510 | 2 594 819 | |
| * External position (gross) | |||||
| ** Credit to the other euro area residents | million euros | ||||
| ** Credit to the rest of the world | million euros | April/13 | 960 460 | 924 140 | |
| ** Deposits to the other euro area residents | million euros | ||||
| ** Deposits to the rest of the world | million euros | April/13 | 815 321 | 775 452 | |
| Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank | Banque de France | ||||
| * Reserve money (euro area residency) 9/ | million euros | April/13 | 336 302 | 355 239 | |
| * Domestic claims on the public sector | million euros | April/13 | 127 750 | 129 317 | |
| * Domestic claims on the private sector | million euros | April/13 | 186 | 183 | |
| * External position (gross) | |||||
| ** Claims to the other euro area residents | million euros | ||||
| ** Claims to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification) | million euros | April/13 | 106 491 | 105 885 | |
| ** Deposits to the other euro area residen | million euros | ||||
| ** Deposits to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification) | million euros | April/13 | 138 971 | 140 638 | |
| Interest Rates | Banque de France | ||||
| * EURIBOR 3 months | montly average | April/13 | 0.21 | 0.21 | |
| * 10 years benchmark bond | montly average | April/13 | 1.80 | 2.07 | |
| * 3 months Treasury bill rate | April/13 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
| Financial Soundness Indicators | Seven indicators on IMF Website | IMF | |||
| Stock Market | Banque de France | ||||
| * CAC40 index | end of period | April/13 | 3 857 | 3 731 | |
| 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 | March/13 | 53 294 | 51 890 | |
| * Exports of goods and services | million euros | March/13 | 50 973 | 46 774 | |
| * Net income receipts | million euros | March/13 | 1 879 | 2 260 | |
| * Net receipts from current transfers | million euros | March/13 | -3 878 | -3 054 | |
| * International reserves (net) | million euros | March/13 | 1 284 | 1 981 | |
| * Financial transactions (incl. International reserves) | million euros | March/13 | 19 176 | -1 162 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | |||||
| * Official International reserves | million euros | April/13 | 145 205 | 154 051 | Banque de France |
| ** Gold reserves | million euros | April/13 | 87 430 | 97 990 | Banque de France |
| ** Foreign exchange reserves | million euros | April/13 | 39 747 | 33 859 | |
| ** Fund position | million euros | April/13 | 17 316 | 17 644 | |
| * Net International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | million euros | April/13 | 138 359 | 150 117 | Banque de France |
| * Exchange Rates | EUR against USD monthly average rate | April/13 | 1.3026 | 1.2964 | Banque de France |
| Merchandise Trade 10/ | Ministry of the Economy. Finance and Industry | ||||
| * Total exports (fob) | seasonally and working-days adjusted data - million euros | March/13 | 36 204 | 35 841 | |
| * Total imports (fob | seasonally and working-days adjusted data - million euros | March/13 | 45 900 | 41 852 | |
| International Investment Position (date of previous data : end of 2010) | billion euros | 2011 | -317.300 | -151.900 | Banque de France |
| * Assets | billion euros | 2011 | 5 716.000 | 5 630.600 | |
| ** Direct investment (market value) | billion euros | 2011 | 1 060.900 | 1 182.300 | |
| ** Porfolio investment | billion euros | 2011 | 1 828.900 | 2 090.400 | |
| *** Equity | billion euros | 2011 | 390.600 | 508.700 | |
| *** Debt | billion euros | 2011 | 1 438.300 | 1 581.600 | |
| ** Financial derivatives | billion euros | 2011 | 1 214.500 | 867.500 | |
| ** Other investment | billion euros | 2011 | 1 478.700 | 1 365.900 | |
| ** Reserve assets | billion euros | 2011 | 133.100 | 124.500 | |
| * Liabilities | billion euros | 2011 | 6 033.300 | 5 782.500 | |
| ** Direct investment (market value) | billion euros | 2011 | 744.900 | 782.500 | |
| ** Porfolio investment | billion euros | 2011 | 2 451.800 | 2 431.800 | |
| *** Equity | billion euros | 2011 | 489.900 | 570.500 | |
| *** Debt | billion euros | 2011 | 1 961.900 | 1 861.400 | |
| ** Financial derivatives | billion euros | 2011 | 1 253.700 | 905.500 | |
| ** Other investment | billion euros | 2011 | 1 583.000 | 1 662.700 | |
| Gross external debt position 11/ | million euros | Q4/12 | 3 914 289 | 3 896 484 | Banque de France |
| * General Government | million euros | Q4/12 | 1 149 856 | 1 154 139 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q4/12 | 155 434 | 174 507 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q4/12 | 139 958 | 159 508 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q4/12 | 15 476 | 14 999 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q4/12 | 994 422 | 979 632 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q4/12 | 957 919 | 950 776 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q4/12 | 36 241 | 28 580 | |
| *** Other debt liabilities | 262 | 276 | |||
| * Monetary Autorities | million euros | Q4/12 | 219 866 | 149 220 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q4/12 | 219 866 | 149 220 | |
| *** Loans & deposits | million euros | Q4/12 | 219 866 | 149 220 | |
| * Monetary Financial Institutions | million euros | Q4/12 | 1 641 118 | 1 682 559 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q4/12 | 813 258 | 859 219 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q4/12 | 49 630 | 50 484 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q4/12 | 763 628 | 808 735 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q4/12 | 827 860 | 823 340 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q4/12 | 516 776 | 507 629 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q4/12 | 311 084 | 315 711 | |
| * Others sectors | million euros | Q4/12 | 556 072 | 558 803 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q4/12 | 157 569 | 163 215 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q4/12 | 13 917 | 14 271 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q4/12 | 37 294 | 45 819 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q4/12 | |||
| *** Trade credits | million euros | Q4/12 | 106 358 | 103 125 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q4/12 | 398 503 | 395 588 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q4/12 | 367 499 | 359 575 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q4/12 | 31 004 | 36 013 | |
| * Direct investment: intercompany lending | million euros | Q4/12 | 347 377 | 351 763 | |
| ** Debt liabilities to affiliated enterprises | million euros | Q4/12 | 24 067 | 21 576 | |
| ** Debt liabilities to direct investors | million euros | Q4/12 | 323 310 | 330 187 | |
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Results | More info | ||
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| Date of latest data | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| Population (date of previous data: January 2010) | million (final) | January/12 | 64.3 | 63.9 | Demographic report (INSEE) |
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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).
