LE FIGARO – How did the year 2018 for BNP Paribas?
Jean-Laurent BONNAFÉ – The results are strong thanks to a very good commercial performance of our different professions with an overall growth of our credit of nearly 4%. In our home networks, which continue to be impacted by the low interest rates, the volumes of activity continued to be sustained both in terms of credit than of deposits. Our business of financial services international retail banking outside the euro zone, asset management, insurance, savings or consumer credit – has also experienced a strong development. In contrast, our investment bank – like its counterparts across europe – has suffered from a difficult economic environment throughout the year on the bond markets. In the fourth quarter, it was penalized by the fall in the equity markets, with movements that fit the violent, that we had not seen for a long time. Despite these elements, which …
