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).
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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 | Observations | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Latest | 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) | september/09 | 88.5 | 88.9 | Economic indicators (Insee) |
| Business Surveys | |||||
| * Monthly business survey (goods-producing industries) – Manufacturing industry – recent changes in output | balance of opinion among employers, seasonally adjusted, % | october/09 | -11 | -16 | |
| * Quarterly business survey (goods-producing industries) - Manufacturing industry – Productive capacity utilization rate (*) | seasonally adjusted, % | october/09 | 73.0 | 71.0 | |
| 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, % | Q2/09 | 9.5 | 8.9 | |
| * Metropolitan France | seasonally adjusted, % | Q2/09 | 9.1 | 8.5 | |
| 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 | october/09 | 119.48 | 119.37 | |
| Producer Prices Index – Manufacturing (excluding value added tax (VAT)) | 2005=100 | september/09 | 103.9 | 104.4 | |
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Observations | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Latest | 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 | september/09 | 169 661 | 141 530 | |
| * Expenditure | million euros | september/09 | 263 906 | 237 942 | |
| * Balance of special accounts | million euros | september/09 | -31 524 | -31 164 | |
| * Balance, Deficit/Surplus | million euros | september/09 | -125 769 | -127 576 | |
| Central Government Negotiable Debt 7/ | Agency France Tresor | ||||
| * Total | million euros | september/09 | 1 134 363 | 1 125 265 | |
| ** OAT / Bonds (10-50 years) | million euros | september/09 | 714 683 | 704 215 | |
| ** BTAN / Treasury Notes (2-5 years) | million euros | september/09 | 208 793 | 217 437 | |
| ** BTF / Treasury Bills (less than 1 year) | million euros | september/09 | 210 887 | 203 612 | |
| * Average maturity of debt | years | september/09 | 6 years | 6 years | |
| 242 days | 249 days | ||||
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Observations | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Latest | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector | Banque de France | ||||
| * French contribution to M3 (euro area residency) 8/ | million euros | september/09 | 1 781 038 | 1 819 091 | |
| * Domestic credit to the public sector | million euros | september/09 | 582 542 | 592 393 | |
| * Domestic credit to the private sector | million euros | september/09 | 2 352 063 | 2 341 095 | |
| * External position (gross) | |||||
| ** Credit to the other euro area residents | million euros | september/09 | 1 032 280 | 1 053 730 | |
| ** Credit to the rest of the world | million euros | september/09 | 848 324 | 859 911 | |
| ** Deposits to the other euro area residents | million euros | september/09 | 347 642 | 370 460 | |
| ** Deposits to the rest of the world | million euros | september/09 | 878 754 | 879 983 | |
| Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank | Banque de France | ||||
| * Reserve money (euro area residency) 9/ | million euros | october/09 | 267 016 | 276 328 | |
| * Domestic claims on the public sector | million euros | october/09 | 67 561 | 70 211 | |
| * Domestic claims on the private sector | million euros | october/09 | 142 | 144 | |
| * External position (gross) | |||||
| ** Claims to the other euro area residents | million euros | october/09 | 9 011 | 9 011 | |
| ** Claims to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification) | million euros | october/09 | 91 349 | 86 264 | |
| ** Deposits to the other euro area residen | million euros | october/09 | 81 530 | 92 336 | |
| ** Deposits to the rest of the world (series breakdown in August due to a reclassification) | million euros | october/09 | 94 938 | 89 873 | |
| Interest Rates | Banque de France | ||||
| * EURIBOR 3 months | montly average | october/09 | 0.74 | 0.77 | |
| * 10 years benchmark bond | montly average | october/09 | 3.56 | 3.59 | |
| * 3 months Treasury bill rate | october/09 | 0.41 | 0.37 | ||
| Stock Market | |||||
| * CAC40 index | end of period | october/09 | 3 608 | 3 795 | |
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Observations | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Latest | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| Balance of Payments (early indicator) | Banque de France | ||||
| * Imports of goods and services | million euros | september/09 | 40 806 | 34 510 | |
| * Exports of goods and services | million euros | september/09 | 39 143 | 31 714 | |
| * Net income receipts | million euros | september/09 | -292 | 1 364 | |
| * Net receipts from current transfers | million euros | september/09 | -2 111 | -1 957 | |
| * International reserves (net) | million euros | september/09 | 811 | -423 | |
| * Financial transactions (incl. International reserves) | million euros | september/09 | 40 685 | 3 049 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | |||||
| * Official International reserves (stock) | million euros | october/09 | 102 803 | 101 904 | Banque de France |
| ** Gold reserves | million euros | august/09 | 52 338 | 52 287 | Banque de France |
| ** Foreign exchange reserves | million euros | august/09 | 36 850 | 36 504 | |
| ** Fund position | million euros | august/09 | 11 958 | 3 226 | |
| * International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | million euros | september/09 | 93 856 | 91 723 | Banque de France |
| * Exchange Rates | EUR against USD monthly average rate | october/09 | 1.482 | 1.456 | Banque de France |
| Merchandise Trade 10/ | Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry | ||||
| * Total exports (fob) | seasonally and working-days adjusted data - million euros | september/09 | 29 107 | 27 736 | |
| * Total imports (fob | seasonally and working-days adjusted data - million euros | september/09 | 30 862 | 31 147 | |
| 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 | million euros | Q2/09 | 3 552 657 | 3 559 592 | Banque de France |
| * General Government | million euros | Q2/09 | 863 504 | 820 996 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q2/09 | 164 052 | 149 197 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q2/09 | 150 172 | 133 463 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q2/09 | 13 880 | 15 734 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q2/09 | 699 452 | 671 799 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q2/09 | 693 844 | 664 972 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q2/09 | 5 608 | 6 827 | |
| * Monetary Autorities | million euros | Q2/09 | 152 425 | 186 340 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q2/09 | 152 425 | 186 340 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q2/09 | 50 211 | 81 345 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q2/09 | 102 214 | 104 995 | |
| * Monetary Financial Institutions | million euros | Q2/09 | 1 667 345 | 1 726 843 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q2/09 | 994 374 | 1 021 128 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q2/09 | 61 246 | 53 998 | |
| ** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q2/09 | 933 128 | 967 130 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q2/09 | 672 971 | 705 715 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q2/09 | 361 688 | 367 364 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q2/09 | 311 283 | 338 351 | |
| * Others sectors | million euros | Q2/09 | 541 617 | 509 315 | |
| ** Short-term | million euros | Q2/09 | 169 062 | 174 077 | |
| *** Money market instruments | million euros | Q2/09 | 10 069 | 10 370 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q2/09 | 67 327 | 71 309 | |
| *** Currency and deposits | million euros | Q2/09 | |||
| *** Trade credits | million euros | Q2/09 | 91 666 | 92 398 | |
| ** Long-term | million euros | Q2/09 | 372 555 | 335 238 | |
| *** Bonds and notes | million euros | Q2/09 | 342 075 | 300 443 | |
| *** Loans | million euros | Q2/09 | 30 480 | 34 795 | |
| * Direct investment: intercompany lending | million euros | Q2/09 | 327 766 | 316 098 | |
| ** Other capital | million euros | Q2/09 | 327 766 | 316 098 | |
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Observations | More info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Latest | Latest data | Previous data | |||
| Population (date of previous data: january/07) | million (final) | january/08 | 63.9 | 63.8 | Population 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.