Rue de la Banque

The contribution of information and communication technologies (ICT) to economic growth has stabilised since the early 2000s in industrialised countries. To date the euro area has benefited less from this than the United States. Appropriate policies...

French banks habitually use indebtedness ratios when they grant mortgages to households. In France, this policy is not driven by regulatory constraints but allows banks to avoid excessive risk-taking. This issue of Rue de la Banque assesses the...

Countries tend to specialise in international trade as shown by the strong concentration of foreign trade. A country exports on average 10% of all existing goods and derives half of its export earnings from only 1% of its exported goods. As regards...

Household wealth differs significantly across euro area countries, both in terms of real estate asset holdings and of the composition of financial portfolios. This issue of Rue de la Banque summarises the initial studies on the composition of household...

This Rue de la Banque presents the results for France of the first research project undertaken by the International Banking Research Network (IBRN). This project focuses on periods of financial stress, which are traditionally characterised by lower...

The global crisis has fostered a debate about the use of quantitative instruments by central banks. This issue of Rue de la Banque looks at French monetary policy, during the period known as the Trente Glorieuses,when the central bank relied on...

International trade favours exports but also creates opportunities for offshoring. This Rue de la Banque studies the impact of firm-level trade activities on wages, as well as the role of collective bargaining. Both exports and offshoring have a...