The year 2021 saw a strong economic recovery, supported by policy measures taken by public authorities and central banks. In this favorable context, the French financial sector (including both banking and insurance actors) has shown exceptional results and has strenghtened its overall resilience to finance the real economy. The additional accumulated savings in 2020 continued to grow in 2021; they remained an important source of economic growth financing.
The French banking sector continued to grow against the context of a dynamic credit market.