France Business Forecast Report

Published: February 11 2010 Quarterly   

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The France Business Forecast Report provides essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in France.

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Report Description

The France Business Forecast Report helps businesses with French market assessment, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in France and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in the French market.

An influential new analysis of France's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2013, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International.

Key Uses

  • Forecast the pace and stability of France's economic and industry growth through end- 2013
  • Identify and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in France, to facilitate risk mitigation strategies
  • Assess critical shortcomings of France's business environment that pose hidden barriers and costs to corporate profitability
  • Contextualise France's country risks against European regional peers using BMI's country comparative risk ratings system
  • Target business opportunities in France's high-growth industry sectors
  • Evaluate external threats to doing business in France, including currency volatility, the commodity price boom and protectionist policies

The France Business Forecast Report by Business Monitor International includes these sections: France's Political Outlook, France's Economic Outlook, France's Monetary Policy and Eurozone Outlook.

France's Political Outlook:

What are the political risks to doing business in France over the next 5-years?

BMI's France Country Risk Ratings evaluate the short- and medium-term threats posed by government instability, adverse economic policy-making, deterioration in the business environment and external shocks.

We examine France's political stability and risk assessment, administration and policy-making and French foreign policy.

Key Benefits

  • Benchmark France's risk profile against its neighbours, the global and regional average, allowing easy comparison of risks between key business markets.
  • Identify, evaluate and anticipate political and security risks to the business environment in France, and to your company's current operations and future plans.
  • Gain valuable insights into the French government and policy-making, through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their exclusive network of private and public sector sources.

France's Economic Outlook:

How will French economic policy-making and performance impact corporate profitability over 2009-13?

BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for France through end- 2013 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate French growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including central bank policy, on profitability.

France Economic Outlook Contents

The France Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts for France, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 set against French government views. Underpinning our forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end- 2013 , covering growth, inflation, employment, trade and investment, interest and exchange rates in the US, Japan and the Euro-zone.

Coverage of Key Economic Issues in France

  • Economic Activity in France
    Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer confidence)
  • Fiscal Policy in France
    Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
  • Monetary Policy in France
    Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation); exchange rate policy in France; French currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
  • Balance of Payments in France
    Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current account balance
  • Foreign Direct Investment in France
    Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment climate
  • French External Debt
    Debt profile (short- and long-term debt; public and private sector exposure)

Key Benefits

  1. Rely upon BMI's 100% independent Forecast Scenarios for France and underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
  2. Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic database, sourced and fully maintained by BMI from an extensive network of private sector, government and multilateral contacts.
  3. Gain key insights into the current and future direction of French government economic policy

France Monetary Policy / Eurozone Outlook

Who buys European Business Forecast Reports?

The France Business Forecast Report is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in France.

Our Business Forecast Reports are relied upon by corporates, banks, government departments and multinational organisations around the world.

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