May 27, 2021

For the 7th edition of our Export Barometer survey, we asked more than 300 French exporters about their 2020 performance, their outlook for 2021 and the main risks and threats to their activity. The results reveal that strong winds of change lie ahead.

May 26, 2021

European industrial autonomy in semiconductors is far out of reach. The recent shortage of semiconductors has highlighted one of Europe’s vulnerabilities, prompting the European Commission to set targets to bring the region’s share of global semiconductor production to 20% by 2030 and to ramp up chip production using the most advanced manufacturing technologies.

May 20, 2021

The fiscal version of “whatever it takes” triggered a notable deterioration in public finances across the Eurozone in 2020. However, the picture has never proven more heterogeneous at the country level: Seven countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, France and Belgium, together representing more than 50% of Eurozone GDP) now boast debt-to-GDP ratios close to or above 120% of GDP i.e. twice the Maastricht debt target.

May 19, 2021

Abolishing fossil fuel subsidies and directing the funds to renewable energy seems like an easy win for the climate: After all, fossil fuel subsidies account for 0.5% of global GDP, almost exactly the size of the funding gap needed to comply with the Paris Accord. But getting rid of them comes with steep costs for consumers, particularly the poorest households.

May 14, 2021

Nominal GDP growth explains 61% of global gross written P&C insurance premium development between 2009 and 2019. At the country level, however, results are more dispersed.

May 12, 2021

According to the latest Allianz Global Insurance Report, the insurance industry got off relatively lightly during the Corona crisis: in 2020, global premium income fell by only 2.1%. Property insurance even recorded a small increase of 1.1%, while life business slumped by 4.1%.