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Période de croissance

Reprise

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A boom
Recovery
Economic expansion

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Une crise

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A slump
Récession
Crisis

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Une économie qui repart

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The economy is picking up

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La bulle immobilière

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Housing bubble

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Prévisible

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Foreseeable

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Imprévisible

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Unforseeable

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Un manque de prévoyance

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A lack of foresight

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S’emballer, sé laisser emporter

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To get Carried away

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Un déficit des finances publiques

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A public-sector déficit

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Avoir des déficits importants

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To run large déficits

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Dette en pourcentage de pib

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A debt-to-gdp ratio

Gross domestic product

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Monnaie

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Currency

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Marché des obligations

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The bond market

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Une obligation d’état

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A government bond

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Bon du trésor

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A treasury bond

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Politique d’austérité

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An austerity policy

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Politique de l’offre

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A supply-oriented économic policy

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Politique de la demande

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A demand-oriented policy

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Rassurer les marchés

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To reassure The markets

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Agence de notation

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Rating agency

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Renflouer une banque

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To bail out a bank

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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

To fail

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Renforcer la réglementation bancaire

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To tighten/strenghten bank régulations

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Fermer une entreprise

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To close down a factory

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Gagner/perdre des parts de marché
To gain/lose market shares
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Investir dans la formation et la recherche
To invest in training and research
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Produits hauts de gamme
Top-of-the-range products
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Forte valeur ajoutée
High added-value
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Contribuable
Taxpayers
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Personnes recevants des allocations
Entitlement recipients | People on welfare
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Réduction des dépenses
Spending cuts
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Rembourser la dette publique
To pay back/off The public debt
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Incitations fiscales
Tax incentives
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Une niche fiscale
A loophole
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Spéculateurs avides de gains
Greedy speculators
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Investisseurs frileux
Timorous investors | Faint-hearted
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Être peu scrupuleux
To be unsrcupulous
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Croissance
Économic growth
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Redonner confiance aux consommateurs
To bring back consumer confidence
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Marché du travail flexible
A flexible labour market
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Retarder l'âge du départ à la retraite
Raising The pension âge
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Être actif
To be in employment
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Être au chômage | Allocation chomage
To be unemployed | Unemployment benefit
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Retraites
Pensioners
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Mo bon marché
Cheap labour
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Prêter de l'argent (banque)
To loan money
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Faire un emprunt bancaire
To take out a bank loan
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Salariat
Wage earning
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(bon) retour sur l'investissement
(high-yield) returns
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incertitude
uncertainty
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La place financière
The financial center
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le passage à l'euro
the changeover to the euro
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un paradis fiscal
a tax haven
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le marché est haussier
the market is bullish
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une banque d'affaire
a merchant bank
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une banque d'investissement
an investment bank
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une banque de dépôt (3)
a deposit/depository/retail bank
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investir dans
to invest in sth
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un fonds d'investissment
an investment fund
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un fonds alternatif/spéculatif
a hedge-fund | hedge = haie
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accorder un prêt, prêter de l'argent
to grant loans, to lend money to
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emprunter de l'argent
to borrow money from
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contracter un prêt
to take out a bank loan
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taux de remboursement variables
adjustable rates
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remboursement d'un prêt immobilier
a mortgage payment
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ne pas payer sa dette
to default one's debt
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taux de change
an exchange rate
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une monnaie
a currency
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contrôler l'inflation
to control inflation
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rentrer dans ses frais
to recoup one's costs
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la gestion des risques
risk-management | to manage risks
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un titre | titriser
a security | to securitize
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les actifs et passifs
assets and liabilities
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fonds propre ‡ endettement
equity ‡ leverage
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de la liquidité
liquidity
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action
stock
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la bourse
the Stock exchange
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une entreprise côté en bourse | contraire
a public company | a privately-owned company
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dividende
dividend
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marché à terme
futures market
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un courtier
a broker
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un opérateur boursier
a trader
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capital-investissement
private equity
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estimations
estimates

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