THE QUESTION. Confined, the French consume three times less than normal. Obvious corollary of the closure of a large part of the shops, the prohibition of activities and the reduction of needs. This leads to a sharp rise in savings, which is enough to worry Bercy. " It is not savings that we need today for our economy, but investments, " recently alerted the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire. The use of the preferred placement of the French, the Livret A, has increased since the start of the crisis, until doubling between February and March. However, will the French rush into the shops and other shopping centers at the end of the confinement?
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CHECK. The French Observatory of Economic Conditions (OFCE), in a recent evaluation, draws a precise figure and estimates that
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