Poverty rate reaches record high in Ten years

The “Deprivation” Rate, Another Measure of the Poverty Rate, Reaches a Record High in Ten Years

PURCHASING POWER: Unlike the monetary poverty rate, the deprivation rate is based on households giving up certain products or services. 4%. Thursday, INSEE indicated that the rate of “material and social deprivation” affects 14% of the population of France. Unlike monetary poverty rates, which are based on household income, the deprivation rate is calculated on the basis of households […]

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Growth and inflation are expected to slow in 2023

Growth and inflation are Expected to Slow in 2023 in France

PURCHASING POWER: Household consumption in France should fall back due to prices that remain very high In 2022, French growth experienced a remarkable boom with a 2.5% increase. But the year 2023 will not be so good. The French economy is expected to grow by 0.6%, marking a marked slowdown in particular because of prices which will remain high even […]

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Inflation is slowly being reduced in France

Inflation: Energy, food… Finally a Lull in the Rise in Prices in May

ECONOMY: Inflation slowed markedly in May to stand at 5.1% year on year, after reaching 5.9% in April and over 6% at the start of the year Good news. After hitting record highs for several months, inflation slowed markedly in France in May. It stood at 5.1% over one year, after reaching 5.9% in April and more than 6% at […]

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Inflation slowed to 5.9% YoY in December

Rising Prices: Inflation Slowed to 5.9% YoY in December

PURCHASING POWER: Over one year, inflation continued to be driven by the rise in energy prices, which jumped by 15.1%, and that of food products, up very sharply by 12.1% In France, the rise in inflation slowed in December to 5.9% over one year, against 6.2% in November, according to the provisional estimate communicated by INSEE on Wednesday. A temporary […]

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396 patients have died since yesterday, 12,400 new coronavirus cases confirmed in 24 hours

Coronavirus: 396 Patients Have Died Since Yesterday, 12,400 New Cases Confirmed in 24 Hours

EPIDEMIC: Update this Friday related to the Coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic in France 12,459 new cases of coronavirus were detected in France in 24 hours (10,920 cases confirmed by RT-PCR and 1,539 cases confirmed by antigen test), according to the latest report from Public Health France.  Since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, 51,914 deaths have […]

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Pôle Emploi announce a reduction of job seekers in France

Pôle Emploi: The Drop in the Number of Unemployed is Confirmed in the 4th Auarter of 2019

UNEMPLOYMENT: The number of job seekers in category A fall by 1.7% (–55,700) at the end of 2019 according to the Pôle Emploi The decline continues for unemployment. According to Dares figures published on Monday, the number of people registered with Pôle Emploi and required to look for a job (categories A, B, C) stood at 5.44 million people in […]

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The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 point in the second quarter to 8.5% of the labor force in France (excluding Mayotte), continuing its downward trend.

Unemployment Rate Continues its Slow Decline

At 8.5% in the second quarter, the unemployment rate returned to a level in early 2009. It is down 0.6 points in one year. The unemployment rate continued its slow decline in the second quarter to 8.5 %, according to INSEE figures released Wednesday 14th August 2019, despite a modest growth. Since mid-2015, the unemployment rate has continued to […]

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The unemployment rate in the first quarter down 0.1 point to 8.7% on May 16, 2019.

Unemployment Rate at its Lowest Level Since 2009

Unemployment fell in the first quarter to 8.7% of the labour force, according to preliminary figures from INSEE published Thursday 16th May, 2019. The unemployment rate is down 0.1 point to 8.7% of the workforce in France (excluding Mayotte) in the fourth quarter of 2018, its lowest level since early 2009 , according to provisional figures from INSEE published Thursday, […]

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Towns affected by poverty in the Pays de la Loire

Châteaubriant, Sablé … Here are the Average Towns Affected by Poverty in the Region

INSEE has studied the living conditions of the inhabitants of 22 medium-sized towns in the Pays de la Loire region. The situation is very contrasted. Is the Pays de la Loire region spared by poverty? This is the overall result of a study published by the National Institute of Statistics and European Studies (INSEE) this Thursday 11th April, 2019. […]

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Unemployment remains stable in France at 9.1 percent

Unemployment Rate Remains Stable in the Third Trimester at 9.1%

EMPLOYMENT: Over one year, the unemployment rate measured by INSEE is down 0.5 points and returns to its level in early 2011  The figure is stable. France had 2.73 million unemployed in the third quarter of 2018, according to provisional data published by INSEE on Tuesday. The unemployment rate thus remains constant at 9.1% of the active population in […]

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