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The French trade balance over the past 40 years: what are the drivers?
[40 ans de solde commercial français : quels en sont les déterminants ?]

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  • Yannick Kalantzis
  • Camille Thubin

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The trade balance as a share of GDP reflects decisions regarding consumption, and therefore saving, and investment. Over the past 40 years, its dynamics in France have been dominated by the cycle of construction: the balance deteriorates in boom phases. The rise in household saving, which contributed to the surplus of the 1990s, was offset after the crisis by a higher share of government consumption in GDP. Le solde commercial en part de PIB est le reflet des décisions de consommation, donc d’épargne, et d’investissement. En France, ses mouvements sont dominés depuis 40 ans par le cycle de la construction : le solde se dégrade en phase de boom. La hausse de l’épargne des ménages, qui contribue à l’excédent des années 1990, est compensée après la crise par un poids accru de la consommation publique dans le PIB.

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  • Yannick Kalantzis & Camille Thubin, 2019. "The French trade balance over the past 40 years: what are the drivers? [40 ans de solde commercial français : quels en sont les déterminants ?]," Eco Notepad (in progress) 132, Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:132
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