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un cadre

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an executive

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un ouvrier

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a worker

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les professions libérales

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the professions

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la classe ouvrière

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the working class

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le monde occidental

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the western world

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les mouvements de population

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population shifts

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le chômage

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unemployment

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une politique

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a policy

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une politique de plein emploi

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a full employment policy

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la Politique (la vie politique)

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politics (political life)

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les sciences économiques

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economics

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une économie avancée

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an advanced economy

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une économie sous-développée

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a backward economy

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économique (=peu coûteux)

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economical

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le secteur primaire

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the primary sector

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le secteur secondaire

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the secondary sector

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le secteur tertiaire

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the tertiary sector

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le débit

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the output

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le taux de croissance

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the growth rate

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le niveau de vie

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the standard of living

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le pouvoir d’achat

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purchasing power

spending capacity

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un indice

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an index

pl. indices

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des chiffres

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figures

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un recensement

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a census

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le gaspillage

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waste

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le taux d’escompte,

le loyer de l’argent

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the bank rate

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le taux directeur

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the Prime rate

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l’Hôtel des Monnaies

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the Mint

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battre monnaie

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to mint (coins)

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la zone sterling

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the sterling area

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la restriction des changes

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exchange restrictions

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les banques centrales

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central banks

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les restrictions de crédit

la restriction du crédit

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credit restrictions

the credit squeeze

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le blocage des salaires/prix

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the wage/price freeze

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un taux de change en dents de scie

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a seesawing exchange rate

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la production

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production

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produire

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to produce
(general term)
to manufacture
(an article)
to cause (an effect)
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la demande

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demand

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la demande globale

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aggregate demand

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la pression de la demande

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demand pull

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la consommation

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consumption

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le consommateur

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the consumer

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une industrie clé

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a key industry

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les produits de luxe

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luxury products

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les produits de 1ère nécessité

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necessaries

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les matières premières

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raw materials

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la crise

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crisis

pl. crises

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période de vaches maigres/grasses

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lean/lush years

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appliquer une politique

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to carry out / to implement a policy

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appliquer un plan

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to implement a scheme

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un col blanc/bleu

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a white/blue

collar worker

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un industriel

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an industrialist

a manufacturer

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les classes sociales

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the social classes

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les classes moyennes

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the middle classes

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la lutte des classes

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the class struggle

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les barrières social

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social barriers

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les démocraties industrielles

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industrial democracies

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le Tiers Monde

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the Third World

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un pays sous-développé

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an underdeveloped country

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un pays en voie de développement

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a developing country

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la division du travail

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division of labour

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l’exode rural

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the rural exodus

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la pyramide des âges

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the age distribution chart

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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un chômage record

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a record unemployment rate

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une année record

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a record year

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un chiffre record

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a record figure

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la société de consommation

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the consumer society

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la loi de l’offre et de la demande

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the law of supply and demand

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le marché intérieur

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the home market

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les facteurs de production

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factors of production

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les biens d’équipement

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capital goods

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une denrée (consommable)

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a commodity

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le rendement

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the yield /

productivity

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une concurrence acharnée

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cut-throat competition

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les concentrations d’entreprises

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mergers

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des stimulants

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incentives

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stimuler

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to stimulate

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relancer une économie

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to revamp an ~

to put an ~ back on its feet

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une réduction de production

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production cut-back

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une chute de production

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a fall in production

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le marasme

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the slump

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le décollage

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the take-off

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un ralentissement des affaires

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a slackening of business

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le cycle économique

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the business cycle

prosperity, depression, recovery

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l’indice du coût de la vie

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the cost of living index

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l’indice des prix

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the price index

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le Revenu National Brut

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the Gross National Income

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le Produit National Brut (PNB)

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the Gross National Product (GNP)

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l’étalon-or

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the gold standard

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le revenu par habitant

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per capita income

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l’impôt sur la consommation

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tax on commodities

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les dépenses publiques

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public expenditure

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papier monnaie

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paper currency

paper money

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une monnaie forte/faible

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a strong/weak currency

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Une monnaie de réserve

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a reserve currency

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le déficit de la balance des paiements

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the balance of payments deficit

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le marché libre

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the free market

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les liquidités internationales

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international liquidity

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les accord monétaires

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monetary agreements

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la stabilité monétaire

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monetary stability

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les réserves monétaires

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monetary reserves

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lancer un emprunt

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to float a loan

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les subventions internationales

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international grants, aid

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une politique de fixation des prix

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a price fixing policy

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l’indexation

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index linking

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indexer sur

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to peg on

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l’incitation à investir

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inducement to invest

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la courbe de croissance

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the growth curve

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le Libre Échange

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Free Trade

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un déséquilibre

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an imbalance

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la planification

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economic planning

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un taux, un rapport

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a ratio

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une économie agricole

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an agricultural economy

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une politique du coup par coup

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a stop-go policy

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des mesures énergiques

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stringent measures

drastic steps

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advienne que pourra

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come what may

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se saisir d’un problème à bras-le-corps

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to come to grips with a problem

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en moyenne

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on average

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un décalage, un retard

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a lag

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un écart

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a gap

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une économie auto-suffisante

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self-supporting economy

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une économie fermée

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closed economy

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une économie fixée par les prix

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price economy

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une économie planifiée

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planned economy

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une économie mixte

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a mixed economy

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l’amorçage

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pump priming

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une pression due à la spéculation

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a speculative pressure

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augmenter la capacité indistrielle

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to increase industrial capacity

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une pause

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a standstill

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une crise

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a crisis

a slump

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déclencher une crise

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to spark off a crisis

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surmonter la crise

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to ride out the slump

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mettre fin à une crise

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to put an end to a crisis

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le paroxysme d’une crise

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the crunch of a crisis

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les perspectives de croissance

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growth prospects

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la croissance zéro

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zero growth

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la morte saison

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the slack season

the quiet season

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la surchauffe

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overheating

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avoir cours légal

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to be legal tender for

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les Droits de Tirage Spéciaux (DTS)

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Special Drawing Rights (SDR)

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les capitaux fébriles

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hot money

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la fuite des devises

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the foreign currency drain

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euro-émission

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Eurobond issuing

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la politique monétaire (GB)

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the Treasury Line

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les accords d’échanges réciproques

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swap agreements

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l’impasse budgétaire

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overall financial deficit

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les tendances monétaires

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monetary trends

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repousser les augmentations de salaires

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to hold back/
to postpone
wage claims

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un programme d’austérité

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an austerity package

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l’épargne forcée

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forced savings

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la réduction de la consommation intérieure

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domestic restraint

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un sujet de controverse

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a moot point

a controversial issue

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différer le remboursement of

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to defer redemption of

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indicateur d’alerte

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safeguard index

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clignotant d’alerte

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warning indicator

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la politique du chacun pour soi

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the beggar-my-neighbour policy

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un temps de répit

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breathing space

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l’inflation sournoise

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creeping inflation

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l’inflation effrénée

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rampant inflation

galloping inflation

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l’inflation légère

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mild inflation

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l’inflation latente

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hidden inflation

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l’inflation continue

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steady inflation

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une inflation à 2 chiffres

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a two-figures inflation

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juguler l’inflation

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to check inflation

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les riches et les pauvres

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the haves and the have nots

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les groupes de pression

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pressure groups

lobbies

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le retard technologique

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the technological gap

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rendre responsable d’un problème

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to lay the blame for a problem
on someone

to lay the blame for a problem
at the door of someone

to blame somebody for something

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les zones critiques

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problem areas

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