France

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#34 trending in Business & Startups this week · most on Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business

France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories extend France’s presence into South America, the Caribbean, the North Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania; metropolitan France borders several European countries and includes the island of Corsica.

Rank this week

#34▼32
#448 over 30 days

Share of the conversation

2.7‰
2.0× usual level

1.3‰ of what listeners heard

Reach this week

6 shows
8 episodes · ~1.4M plays

Tone this week

Neutral
  • Very negative 1
  • Neutral 3

Share of the conversation

Mentions of France per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, business & startups.

0.0‰1‰2‰3‰4‰usual level · 1.4‰Jul 11Aug 2Aug 25Sep 16Oct 8
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DayShare (7-day)Mentions
Aug 151.27‰1
Aug 171.71‰2
Aug 182.02‰2
Aug 191.96‰1
Aug 202.72‰2
Aug 261.48‰3
Aug 301.26‰2
Aug 311.71‰2
Sep 11.94‰1
Sep 21.44‰1
Sep 31.93‰2
Sep 71.37‰1
Sep 81.33‰1
Sep 91.71‰2
Sep 111.62‰3
Sep 141.46‰1
Sep 151.45‰1
Sep 171.34‰2
Sep 180.95‰1
Sep 210.90‰1
Sep 220.85‰1
Sep 240.87‰2
Sep 251.04‰2
Sep 281.18‰2
Sep 291.50‰3
Oct 11.41‰1
Oct 21.26‰1
Oct 51.28‰2
Oct 61.15‰2
Oct 72.79‰9

Why is it trending?· Last 7 days

France’s protests and worsening finances drive business-show discussion

Marketplace links the protests and France’s costly social safety net to rising borrowing concerns, saying political gridlock and debt fears are weakening the euro.[1][2]

Morning Brew Daily says France’s financial crisis has become urgent, with bond yields at highs not seen since 2002 and borrowing more expensive than in Italy and Greece.[3]

PBD Podcast mentions France’s 8% figure in a comparison of G20 countries, while another episode calls the country’s riots messy without developing the economic argument.[4][5]

Wantrepreneur discusses France as a destination for Americans relocating or retiring, while Moonshots mentions France in an AI joke and a broader discussion of technology’s uneven spread.[6][7][8]

Sources · 8 moments

  1. 1.
    Marketplace · We're stocking up
    Kai Ryssdal · Oct 6 · Listen at 17:52 ↗
    “One euro can be had today for about a buck thirty. That's the weakest the single currency's been in about a year and a half. There is, of course, always a whole lot of moving parts in the foreign exchange markets, but the proximate cause at”
  2. 2.
    Marketplace · A tale of two deficits
    Kai Ryssdal · Oct 5 · Listen at 24:23 ↗
    “on time. A reminder that we are actually in a truly global economy. Longtime listeners might remember the eurozone debt crisis of a decade or so ago. Greece and southern Europe most particularly. Well, it turns out what's past really is pro”
  3. 3.
    Morning Brew Daily · Stock Market Hits Fresh Records as AI Goes Nuts & Protests Over Poor School Conditions Erupts in France
    Neal Freiman · Oct 7 · Listen at 7:03 ↗
    “in and of itself. So that's why you're seeing the optimism is because companies are just making so much money. Moving on, on yesterday's show, we discussed the major shifts afoot in Spain and Brazil, but... No soccer superpower is undergoin”
  4. 4.
    PBD Podcast · Cornell Case Reopened, Tel Aviv Plane Attack & Jobs Report Update | PBD Podcast #866
    Adam Sosnick · Oct 2 · Listen at 13:16 ↗
    “if you even believe their numbers, 5.4%. Canada, who's, you know, gonna fuck around and find out with America with their little, uh, trade tiff, 6.5%. Turkey, the great Ottoman Empire out there, almost 8%. France, 8%, woke and weird out the”

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