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Economic and financial Data

Last update: November /19/2009

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.

REAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description ObservationsMore info
Date of LatestLatest dataPrevious data
National Accounts GDP at chained pricesBillion euros (seasonally and working-days adjusted data)Q3/09401.67400.61Quaterly national accounts (Insee)
* Imports""119.04118.62
* Households consumption expenditures""235.31235.26
* General government consumption""95.2094.53
* NPISH consumption expenditures""5.895.85
* Gross fixed Capital Formation""80.2681.38
* Inventory changes 1/""-0.1-0.6
* Exports""109.33106.92
National Accounts GDP at current pricesBillion euros (seasonally and working-days adjusted data)Q3/09480.11478.58
* Imports""117.46116.51
* Households consumption expenditures""272.85272.15
* General government consumption""117.06115.79
* NPISH consumption expenditures""7.187.10
* Gross fixed Capital Formation""98.2199.46
* Inventory changes 1/""-0.1-0.7
* Exports""111.30109.06
Production Index (exclud. Energy and agricultural and food industries) 2/2000=100 (seasonally and working-days adjusted data)september/0988.588.9Economic indicators (Insee)
Business Surveys
* Monthly business survey (goods-producing industries) – Manufacturing industry – recent changes in outputbalance of opinion among employers, seasonally adjusted, %october/09-11-16
* Quarterly business survey (goods-producing industries) - Manufacturing industry – Productive capacity utilization rate (*)seasonally adjusted, %october/0973.071.0
Employment 3/ 4/seasonally adjusted, ThousandsQ3/0916 154.216 159.7
Unemployment (ILO definition) 3/seasonally adjusted, end-of-month, %
*  Metropolitan France and Overseas Departmentsseasonally adjusted, %Q2/09 9.58.9
*  Metropolitan Franceseasonally adjusted, % Q2/09 9.18.5
Wages/Earnings 3/ 5/
* Basic hourly earnings for manual workers (SHBO)quarterly variation, %Q3/090.50.4
* Basic monthly earning for non-manual workers (SMB)quarterly variation, %Q3/090.50.4
Consumer Prices1998=100october/09119.48119.37
Producer Prices Index – Manufacturing (excluding value added tax (VAT))2005=100september/09103.9104.4
FISCAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description ObservationsMore info
Date of LatestLatest dataPrevious data
General Government or Public Sector Operation National accounts (Insee)
* Revenuebillion euros2007940.4909.1
* Expenditurebillion euros991.1952.5
* Balance, Deficit/Surplusbillion euros-50.6-43.4
* Financing% GDP200763.963.6
** General government% GDP49.149.4
** Other Central administration organisms% GDP5.15.0
** Local administrations% GDP7.27.0
** Social security administrations% GDP2.52.2
* Financingbillion euros1 209.51 149.9
** Depositsbillion euros18.717.9
** Non-share titlesbillion euros1 003.7960.4
** Short-term creditsbillion euros21.818.1
** Long-term creditsbillion euros165.3153.5
Central Government Operations 2/ 6/ MINEFI Direction du budget
* Revenuemillion eurosseptember/09169 661141 530
* Expendituremillion eurosseptember/09263 906237 942
* Balance of special accountsmillion eurosseptember/09-31 524-31 164
* Balance, Deficit/Surplusmillion eurosseptember/09-125 769-127 576
Central Government Negotiable Debt 7/ Agency France Tresor
* Totalmillion eurosseptember/091 134 3631 125 265
** OAT / Bonds (10-50 years)million eurosseptember/09714 683704 215
** BTAN / Treasury Notes (2-5 years)million eurosseptember/09208 793217 437
** BTF / Treasury Bills (less than 1 year)million eurosseptember/09210 887203 612
* Average maturity of debtyearsseptember/096 years6 years
242 days249 days
FINANCIAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description ObservationsMore info
Date of LatestLatest dataPrevious data
Analytical Accounts of the Banking SectorBanque de France
* French contribution to M3 (euro area residency) 8/million eurosseptember/091 781 0381 819 091
* Domestic credit to the public sectormillion eurosseptember/09582 542592 393
* Domestic credit to the private sectormillion eurosseptember/092 352 0632 341 095
* External position (gross)
** Credit to the other euro area residentsmillion eurosseptember/091 032 2801 053 730
** Credit to the rest of the worldmillion eurosseptember/09848 324859 911
** Deposits to the other euro area residentsmillion eurosseptember/09347 642370 460
** Deposits to the rest of the worldmillion eurosseptember/09878 754879 983
Analytical Accounts of the Central BankBanque de France
* Reserve money (euro area residency) 9/million eurosoctober/09267 016276 328
* Domestic claims on the public sectormillion eurosoctober/0967 56170 211
* Domestic claims on the private sectormillion eurosoctober/09142144
* External position (gross)
** Claims to the other euro area residentsmillion eurosoctober/099 0119 011
** Claims to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification)million eurosoctober/0991 34986 264
** Deposits to the other euro area residenmillion eurosoctober/0981 53092 336
** Deposits to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification)million eurosoctober/0994 93889 873
Interest RatesBanque de France
* EURIBOR 3 monthsmontly averageoctober/090.740.77
* 10 years benchmark bondmontly averageoctober/093.563.59
* 3 months Treasury bill rateoctober/090.410.37
Stock Market
* CAC40 indexend of periodoctober/093 6083 795
EXTERNAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description ObservationsMore info
Date of LatestLatest dataPrevious data
Balance of Payments (early indicator)Banque de France
* Imports of goods and servicesmillion eurosseptember/0940 80634 510
* Exports of goods and servicesmillion eurosseptember/0939 14331 714
* Net income receiptsmillion eurosseptember/09-2921 364
* Net receipts from current transfers million eurosseptember/09-2 111-1 957
* International reserves (net)million eurosseptember/09811-423
* Financial transactions (incl. International reserves)million eurosseptember/0940 6853 049
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity
* Official International reserves (stock)million eurosoctober/09102 803101 904Banque de France
** Gold reservesmillion eurosaugust/0952 33852 287Banque de France
** Foreign exchange reservesmillion eurosaugust/0936 85036 504
** Fund positionmillion eurosaugust/0911 9583 226
* International reserves and foreign currency liquiditymillion eurosseptember/0993 85691 723Banque de France
* Exchange RatesEUR against USD monthly average rateoctober/091.4821.456Banque de France
Merchandise Trade 10/Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry
* Total exports (fob)seasonally and working-days adjusted data - million eurosseptember/0929 10727 736
* Total imports (fobseasonally and working-days adjusted data - million eurosseptember/0930 86231 147
International Investment Position (date of previous data : end of 2007)billion euros2008-372.1254.4Banque de France
* Assetsbillion euros20084 340.805 269.90
** Direct investment (market value)billion euros2008936.101 663.70
** Porfolio investmentbillion euros20081 817.202 046.90
*** Equitybillion euros2008331.70582.70
*** Debtbillion euros20081 485.601 464.20
** Financial derivativesbillion euros2008237.80158.50
** Other investmentbillion euros20081 275.701 322.20
** Reserve assetsbillion euros200874.0078.60
* Liabilitiesbillion euros20084 712.905 015.50
** Direct investment (market value)billion euros2008739.701 098.10
** Porfolio investmentbillion euros20081 896.201 934.30
*** Equitybillion euros2008433.70680.90
*** Debtbillion euros20081 462.601 253.40
** Financial derivativesbillion euros2008305.30230.20
** Other investmentbillion euros20081 771.701 752.90
Gross external debt positionmillion eurosQ2/093 552 6573 559 592Banque de France
* General Governmentmillion eurosQ2/09863 504820 996
** Short-termmillion eurosQ2/09164 052149 197
*** Money market instrumentsmillion eurosQ2/09150 172133 463
*** Loansmillion eurosQ2/0913 88015 734
** Long-termmillion eurosQ2/09699 452671 799
*** Bonds and notesmillion eurosQ2/09693 844664 972
*** Loansmillion eurosQ2/095 6086 827
* Monetary Autoritiesmillion eurosQ2/09152 425186 340
** Short-termmillion eurosQ2/09152 425186 340
*** Loansmillion eurosQ2/0950 21181 345
*** Currency and depositsmillion eurosQ2/09102 214104 995
* Monetary Financial Institutionsmillion eurosQ2/091 667 3451 726 843
** Short-termmillion eurosQ2/09994 3741 021 128
*** Money market instrumentsmillion eurosQ2/0961 24653 998
** Currency and depositsmillion eurosQ2/09933 128967 130
** Long-termmillion eurosQ2/09672 971705 715
*** Bonds and notesmillion eurosQ2/09361 688367 364
*** Currency and depositsmillion eurosQ2/09311 283338 351
* Others sectorsmillion eurosQ2/09541 617509 315
** Short-termmillion eurosQ2/09169 062174 077
*** Money market instrumentsmillion eurosQ2/0910 06910 370
*** Loansmillion eurosQ2/0967 32771 309
*** Currency and depositsmillion eurosQ2/09
*** Trade creditsmillion eurosQ2/0991 66692 398
** Long-termmillion eurosQ2/09372 555335 238
*** Bonds and notesmillion eurosQ2/09342 075300 443
*** Loansmillion eurosQ2/0930 48034 795
* Direct investment: intercompany lendingmillion eurosQ2/09327 766316 098
** Other capitalmillion eurosQ2/09327 766316 098
POPULATION
SDDS Data Category and Component Unit Description ObservationsMore info
Date of LatestLatest dataPrevious data
Population (date of previous data: january/07)million (final)january/0863.963.8Population census (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.