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	France - MSN Encarta
		Roughly hexagonal in shape, France shares boundaries with Belgium and Luxembourg to the northeast; Germany, Switzerland, and Italy to the east; and Spain and Andorra to the southwest.
		France faces three major seas: the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the North Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast.
		France is a nation of varied landscapes, ranging from coastal lowlands and broad plains in the north, to hilly uplands in south central France, to lush valleys and towering, snow-capped Alps in the east.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568934/France.html (1256 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - Economy
		In 1999 France had a trade surplus of 18.9 billion euros; it is the world's fourth largest exporter of goods (mainly durables) and ranks second in services and agriculture (cereals and agri-foodstuffs in particular).
		France is the world's third largest exporter of cars and, in 1998, had a surplus on its trade in this sector of 9.3 billion euros.
		France is the world's second largest exporter of services and farm products and fourth largest exporter of goods (principally durables); it had a trade surplus of 18.9 billion euros in 1999.
	www.info-france-usa.org /atoz/economy.asp (1309 words)

	France’s Economy
		France is one of the three EU nations with the highest unemployment rates.
		France is the third largest trading partner in Europe behind United Kingdom and Germany.
		In 1998 France was the ninth largest contributor of troops and equipment for peacekeeping operations and it was the largest among countries with a permanent seat on the Security Council.
	www.u.arizona.edu /~volgy/group_France.html (2200 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - France
		France's capital flows and foreign investment score is 1 point worse this year; however, its fiscal burden of government score is 0.2 point better, and its government intervention score is 2 points better.
		As a member of the European Union, France was subject to a common EU weighted average external tariff of 1.3 percent in 2003, down from the 2.4 percent for 2002 reported in the 2005 Index, based on World Bank data.
		France had 925 banks and financial institutions at the end of 2003, including 304 commercial banks, 167 of which were foreign-owned subsidiaries and branches.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=France (902 words)

	NationMaster - French Economy statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		France is in the midst of transition, from a well-to-do modern economy that has featured extensive government ownership and intervention to one that relies more on market mechanisms.
		France's leaders remain committed to a capitalism in which they maintain social equity by means of laws, tax policies, and social spending that reduce income disparity and the impact of free markets on public health and welfare.
		France is the top destination in the world for tourists, accounting for 11 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/fr-france/eco-economy (339 words)

	THE ECONOMIC HISTORY AND THE ECONOMY OF FRANCE
		The economy of France in the eighteenth century was problematical.
		France was a major power, but not because of the degree of her development.
		Both France in the eighteenth century and the Russian Empire/Soviet Union in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were formidable military powers because of their size and vast pool of soldiers.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/france0.htm (1275 words)

	Economy of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Compared to other economies, France's GDP growth is relatively robust, the unemployment rate is high, at nearly 9%, and a rising trade deficit has characterised a malaise in the French economy since the global economic downturn in 2000.
		Membership in France's labour unions accounts for less than 10% of the private sector workforce (in 2003, 8.2% of the workforce [7]) and is concentrated in the education, manufacturing, transportation, and heavy industry sectors.
		France is the main country in the EU that is against the reduction of subsidies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_France (2779 words)

	The Economy of France, Part 1
		Unlike England and the rest of Europe, however, France failed to maintain the momentum of its early industrial start and was still primarily an agricultural nation at the end of the 19th century.
		France is one of the 11 nations participating in the European Single Currency Union that is being inaugurated in the period between 1999 and 2002 (see euro).
		France has two principal coalfields — the Lorraine coalfield near Metz, which is an extension into France of the Saar coalfield; and the Nord-Pas de Calais coalfield around Lille, which is an extension into France of Belgium's Sambre-Meuse coalfields and is similarly thin-seamed, faulted, and difficult to work.
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/DF_economy.shtml (791 words)

	France Travel Tips - Economy of France
		France is also Western Europe’s leading agricultural nation with over half of the country’s land area devoted to farming.
		In advanced industrial sectors, France has one of the world’s largest nuclear power industries, which meets nearly three-quarters of the country’s energy requirements (coal mining, once important, is in terminal decline), and is a world leader in computing and telecommunications.
		France also suffers from a relatively high unemployment rate of 10 per cent, which is climbing again after several years of decline.
	www.southtravels.com /europe/france/economy.html (414 words)

	Economy of France
		With a GDP of $2.02 trillion, France is the fifth-largest Western industrialized economy.
		France is the ninth-largest trading partner of the United States.
		France is a large producer of many agricultural products and is expanding its forestry and fishery industries.
	infotut.com /geography/France/Economy (1956 words)

	Overview - Economy - France - Europe
		Today, France is one of the world’s leading economic powers, ranking fourth within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), behind the United States, Japan, and Germany.
		France was a charter member of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), a cooperative organization founded in 1951 to establish a free-trade area for coal and steel products.
		Today, France is a member of the European Union (EU), a successor of the EC that promotes economic integration and increased cooperation among European nations.
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/france/economy/overview.htm (516 words)

	The Economy of France, Part 2
		France is the world's second-largest supplier of nuclear power (after the United States).
		France is the leading agricultural nation of Western Europe, and about 7% of the labor force are engaged in agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
		France is one of the leading exporters and importers on the foreign trade market.
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/DF_economy2.shtml (540 words)

	France Economy, Economy Of France, France Economy Overview, Statistics on France Economy, France Economic Profile, ...
		France is moderately populated with 111 persons living per sq km in 2004.
		France is ranked 16th in 177 countries of the world in terms of human development index.
		France and Britain vie for the 4th rank in world's largest economy category.
	economywatch.com /world_economy/france/index.html (293 words)

	France's New Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Entrepreneurship is becoming fashionable in France, as French innovation policy quietly adopts the model of Silicon Valley.
		A 1999 survey attributed to France the highest level of administrative regulation in the OECD and the second highest barriers (behind Italy) to entrepreneurship.
		France is attempting to streamline the way in which business interacts with the government, not by deregulating, but by embracing new technology.
	www.brook.edu /fp/cusf/analysis/newecon.htm (1750 words)

	France Economy
		Despite significant reform and privatization over the past 15 years, the government continues to control a large share of economic activity: Government spending, at 54.7% of GDP in 2003, is among the highest in the G-7.
		Membership in France's labor unions accounts for less than 10% of the private sector work force and is concentrated in the manufacturing, transportation, and heavy industry sectors.
		France is the European Union's leading agricultural producer, accounting for about one-third of all agricultural land within the EU.
	www.traveldocs.com /fr/economy.htm (896 words)

	Economy of France
		With a GDP of $1.4 trillion, France is the fourth-largest Western industrialized economy.
		Membership in France's labor unions accounts for less than 10% of the private sector workforce and is concentrated in the manufacturing, transportation, and heavy industry sectors.
		France is a large producer of many agricultural products and is currently expanding its forestry and fishery industries.
	www.fastload.org /ec/Economy_of_France.html (990 words)

	France's New Economy -- Gunnar Trumbull
		France also boasts the widest use of stock-option plans in Europe, and is the third largest market for venture capital in the world (behind Britain and the United States).
		Newly discovered technologies were not being commercialized, and it was feared that this would lead France to fall behind in the new economy sectors that were likely to drive future growth.
		Thus, far from leading France down the path of deregulation, new information technologies are offering the French government novel ways of perpetuating its intervention in the economy.
	www.brook.edu /printme.wbs?page=/fp/cuse/analysis/newecon.htm (1520 words)

	France Economy
		With a GDP of $1.6 trillion, France is the fourth-largest Western industrialized economy.
		The Government of France successfully reduced an unemployment rate of 12% to 8.7%, in the late 1990s, but has seen unemployment increase to 9.5% in 2003.
		Despite significant reform and privatization over the past 15 years, the government continues to control a large share of economic activity: Government spending, at 53.5% of GDP in 2002, is among the highest in the G-7.
	www.nationbynation.com /France/Economy.html (471 words)

	Economy of France, Culture of France, France History, France Flag, History of France
		It was during the Middle Ages that France attained cultural prominence in Europe.
		The economy of France is one of the highly developed economies in the European Union (EU).
		Apart from this, France is also the European Union's most important agricultural nation and ships cereals, wine, cheese, and other agricultural products to the rest of Europe and the world.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/france1.html (360 words)

	Banque de France - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Banque de France is the central bank of France; it is linked to the European Central Bank (ECB).
		According to the Banque de France's website, the "sharing of responsibilities between the ECB and the NCBs is based upon significant decentralization of the conduct of the ESCB's single monetary policy".
		Banque de France, Linkage with the ESCB, History, References, External link, Central banks, Economy of France and European System of Central Banks.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Banque_de_France (287 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - France - Economy
		With a GDP of $1.654 trillion, France is the fourth-largest Western industrialized economy.
		The Government of France successfully reduced an unemployment rate of 12% to 8.7% in the late 1990s but has seen unemployment increase to 9.8% in 2004.
		After experiencing a modest surplus in its foreign trade balance in 2001, France ran an exceptional $9.6 billion surplus in 2002 due to a 3.5 percent decline in imports, only partially offset by a 1.5 percent decrease in exports.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/fr/France_economy_summary.htm (936 words)

	France: A Sleepwalking Economy, NRO: As French Economy Suffers, Protesters Aren’t Helping - CBS News
		But French students apparently prefer their little worker’s paradise just the way it is. The overall jobless rate in France hovers around 10 percent, so-called “youth unemployment” is 23 percent, and in some of the Muslim-heavy suburbs, joblessness is nearly 50 percent.
		Their beef was cultural in nature, but it was also rooted in the fact that France is anti-opportunity, anti-wealth, anti-jobs, anti-markets, anti-work and anti-capitalism.
		Indeed, at the heart of the French problem is a statist-run socialist economy that is massively overtaxed and overregulated.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/03/27/opinion/main1442594.shtml (1046 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| French economy in trouble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The French economy shrank by 0.3% during the April to June period, official figures revealed.
		France's economy, the second largest in the eurozone, steadily weakened during 2002.
		France's Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said last month he expected the economy to grow 0.1% during the second quarter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/3165999.stm (313 words)

	France Economy
		Why France's economy is in declineThe Daily Reckoning, UK - Sep 27, 2006...Unfortunately, France as a country is worse off than I thought (and I already thought it was bad).
		France has also called on the EU to recognize China as a market economy.
		According to economy bureaucrats, France had 5.2 percent share in Turkey's overall exports.
	www.nation-info.com /France-Economy.html (715 words)

	France: The Economy Muscles Up
		France: The Economy Muscles Up France: The Economy Muscles Up The best of 2000 is yet to come for the French economy.
		Based on the Bank of France's May survey of some 12,000 businesses, the BOF forecasts that real gross domestic product will grow 1% in the third quarter (a 4% annual rate), after a projected 0.9% advance in the second quarter.
		More important, France's consumer spending is supported by solid fundamentals: First-quarter employment growth was the fastest on record, and consumer confidence is at an all-time high.
	www.businessweek.com /2000/00_27/b3688118.htm (327 words)

	France: Economy
		France is one of the world's major economic powers.
		The mountain areas and NW France are the livestock regions.
		France is among the foremost producers of wine in the world.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0858212.html (470 words)

	France: The Economy Takes No Breaks
		France shows no signs of relinquishing its leadership role in the euro zone's economy.
		The Bank of France says the economy appears to be growing at an annual rate of about 3.6% in both the first and second quarters, close to the pace in the second half of last year.
		Moreover, the economy is easily capable of absorbing recent and expected interest-rate hikes by the European Central Bank, especially since fiscal policy has turned clearly stimulative.
	www.businessweek.com /2000/00_19/b3680058.htm (336 words)

	Economy Of France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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