France: Selected Background Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 1995/141, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper analyzes a broad range of price and nonprice indicators to assess developments in the international competitiveness of the French economy during the 1980s and early 1990s. The paper provides a brief review of conceptual issues concerning the competitiveness indicators used in this study. Developments in conventional price- and cost-based indicators, both at the aggregate and bilateral levels, are reported. The paper discusses additional price- and quantity-based measures of competitiveness, and also examines the labor market dynamics and economic policy of France.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; cost; competitiveness; unemployment rate; output gap estimate; competitiveness indicator; trend participation rate; output gap in France; inflation in France; Employment; Output gap; Labor markets; Capacity utilization; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 95
Date: 1996-01-02
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