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French Vocabulary

Macroeconomics, Global Markets & Financial Forecasting

Terminology for inflation trends, trade metrics, venture capital, and market volatility.

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Lesson Summary

Terminology for inflation trends, trade metrics, venture capital, and market volatility.

Vocabulary

L’économie mondiale

The vocabulary of the corporate workplace and employment was introduced in the corporate workplace and employment lifecycle. This lesson extends the lexicon to macroeconomics, financial markets, and economic forecasting. The emotional subjunctive triggers of advanced subjunctive triggers are frequently used in economic commentary.

Indicateurs économiques

French	English
le produit intérieur brut (PIB)	gross domestic product (GDP)
le taux de croissance	growth rate
l’inflation (f)	inflation
le taux d’intérêt	interest rate
le taux de chômage	unemployment rate
le pouvoir d’achat	purchasing power
la balance commerciale	trade balance
la dette publique	public debt

Marchés financiers

French	English
la Bourse	stock exchange
l’action (f)	share / stock
l’obligation (f)	bond
le dividende	dividend
l’investisseur / l’investisseuse	investor
le fonds d’investissement	investment fund
le capital‑risque	venture capital
la volatilité	volatility
la bulle spéculative	speculative bubble
s’introduire en Bourse	to go public / IPO

Prévisions et tendances

The following expressions are common in economic analysis:
- Selon les prévisions, le PIB augmentera de 2 %.
- La croissance ralentit à cause de la crise.
- Les investisseurs craignent que la volatilité n’augmente.
- Le marché réagit aux annonces de la banque centrale.
- Les économistes sont divisés sur la politique à suivre.

Examples

La banque centrale a relevé le taux d'intérêt pour lutter contre l'inflation.
The economic terms taux d’intérêt and inflation are combined with a passé composé.
Les investisseurs craignent que la bulle spéculative n'éclate.
Craindre que triggers the subjunctive n’éclate; bulle spéculative is a financial term.

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