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Risks to French growth vary over time horizons – BdF study

Privately held debt matters most over short term, while macroeconomics counts for more over long term

Risk modelling

Extreme downside risks to growth in France stem primarily from private sector debt and market uncertainty over the short term, but broader macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions are the main sources of severe growth risks over the long run, research from the country’s central bank has found.

In their study, published in a blog post on October 23, Banque de France (BdF) economists Valère Fourel, David Gauthier and Lisa Kerdelhué use a regression method to identify which of 30 economic

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