FlashEconomics29January2018-94PatrickArtusTel.(331)58551500patrick.artus@natixis.com@PatrickArtuswww.research.natixis.comFrance:AtwofoldvirtuouscycleshouldbeinitiatedFrancesstructuralsituationwouldimproveifatwofoldvirtuouscyclecouldbeinitiated:?Animprovementintheefficiencyoftheeducationsystem,andinyouthskills,whichcouldgraduallybringdownthestructuralunemploymentrate,theabnormallyhighlevelofwhichisoneofFrancesmajorstructuralproblems;?Afurtherriseintheemploymentrateofthe55-64agegroup(especiallythe60-64agegroup),whichcouldincreasethepotentialGDPlevelandreducegovernmentspendingonpensions,henceoverallgovernmentspendingandthetaxburden,thelevelofwhichisanotherofFrancesmajorstructuralproblems.Thesecondvirtuouscycleseemstobegettingunderwaynow,butnotthefirst.DistributionofthisreportintheUnitedStates.Seeimportantdisclosuresa