INSEE

The French INSEE institute also provided a surprise with its consumer confidence index for October, with a modest increase to -34 from -35, instead of the predicted drop to -36.

Euro Zone Data Paint Mixed Picture Geoffrey T. Smith 2010

The INSEE statistics agency said consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in the April to June period after stagnating in the first quarter.

French Economic Growth Accelerates In Q2 2010

INSEE forecasts the French economy to grow by 1.4 percent this year after slumping 2.5 percent last year during the recession.

French Economic Growth Accelerates In Q2 2010

Immigrants make up about 10 percent of the labour force in the EU plus Switzerland and Norway, working in all sectors and massively recruited as household staff, construction workers and in sales, according to a recent report by the French INSEE statistical institute.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

INSEE, France's National Institute of Statistics, reports that the number of French people living alone doubled between 1968 and 1990.

The New Singles 2008

In June, French consumer confidence hit its lowest point since the national statistics office INSEE began tracking the measure in January 1987.

Europe's Economy Takes a Hit 2008

Others, in particular, what the International Herald Tribune calls “private economists” have been more cautious, pointing out that INSEE had not given a precise break-down of the components of the GDP growth, but seems to have relied on an increase in household spending.

It's the economy, stupid Helen 2004

In a surprise announcement the French national statistics office, INSEE, stated that economic expansion in France has exceeded expectations in the first three months of the year.

It's the economy, stupid Helen 2004

Officially, Mayotte has a population of 94,500 and the Comoro federation 600,000, but the new census on Mayotte is expected to show a population there of between 120,000 and 130,000, according to projections by the French statistical institute INSEE.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

The national statistics office, INSEE, said the second-quarter growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) followed a rise of 0.7 percent in the first-quarter.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1994