France's Market Performance CAC 40 Index Time Frame: Week Month Quarter Year All Updated on: 2008-09-17 Currency: EUR France's Performance Profile Updated on: 2008-09-17 Partner Analysis Please check back soon for news on France. Global Blogs Covering France French Manufacturing Contracts At Record Pace In October From: Edward Hugh  2008-11-04 12:35:00 The French manufacturing purchasing managers index was revised down to a series low 40.6 in October, down from both the 'flash' estimate of 40.8 and September's 43.0 figure, Markit Economics said in a press release issued on ... Read More French Business Confidence Hits Lowest Level Since December 1993 From: Edward Hugh  2008-10-23 08:17:00 French business confidence fell to the lowest in almost 15 years as the global credit crisis worsened, threatening to deepen a likely recession in the euro region's second-largest economy. An index of sentiment among 4,000 ma... Read More Europe's Leaders Agree To A Common Front In Fighting The Banking Crisis From: Edward Hugh  2008-10-13 09:21:00 Well, Europe's leaders have finally bitten the bullet. Faced with what IMF head Dominique Strauss Kahn warned could turn into a global financial meltdown, our leaders have risen to the challenge, at least to a certain extent.... Read More French Industry Contracted In August From: Edward Hugh  2008-10-10 07:58:00 French industrial production declined in August, further evidence that the second-largest economy of the 15 countries sharing the euro probably slipped into recession last quarter. Output at French factories and utilities fel... Read More The Deflation Threat Looms As Consumer and Investment Demand Falls While Oil Turns Year on Year Negative From: Edward Hugh  2008-10-10 06:30:00 Oil prices plunged below $85 a barrel on Thursday, the lowest level in a year, as Opec, the oil exporting countriesâ' cartel, called an emergency meeting to discuss reducing its crude production to halt the collapse in prices... Read More The French Economy Glides Elegantly Into Recession From: Edward Hugh  2008-10-05 08:33:00 France's economy continues to slow by the month. Output is down, domestic demand is delining, exports are struggling, and unemployment is up. The tumultuous events of late August and early September in the global financial ma... Read More INSEE Signal Recession In The French Economy From: Edward Hugh  2008-10-03 06:40:00 Well, according to the latest estimate from France's national statistics office INSEE, the French economy contracted in Q3 2008, if that is the case I am left asking myself which of the big four eurozone economies could possi... Read More French Consumer Confidence Improves Slightly In September From: Edward Hugh  2008-09-26 06:43:00 French consumer confidence rose for the first time in more than a year in September as falling fuel prices left people with more to spend on food and clothing. The monthly consumer confidence servey carried out by the nationa... Read More French Business Confidence Down Again In September From: Edward Hugh  2008-09-24 15:15:00 French business confidence fell to its lowest level in five years in September. An index of sentiment among 4,000 manufacturers fell to 92 from a revised 97 in July, according to the French national statistics office INSEE. ... Read More Page Number:    1  2  3  4