http://www.wsj.com/articles/french-economic-growth-stagnates1439530420

Related to Article:

1. Acquire information about unemployment, real GDP growth and inflation in Italy(Eurostat is fa find resource). Look at last time the ECB was raising interest rates dramatically-what was the inflation rate, unemployment rate and real GDP growth rate then in Germany compared to now?

2. Examine the quarterly Real GDP, unemployment rate and inflation rate of another country in the EUROzone. Are they currently in a recession? Is their inflation under control? compare their current economic performance with the erozone as a whole. EU and eurozone is different.

3. Contrast the economic growth of france with that of the UK. What differences are there in C,I, and G between the Eurozone and the UK?
(OECD is fine resource)

4. The article briefly mentions the decline in French construction spending. Why would this be particularly worrisome for economists?

5. Supose the economy of the Eurozone can be minded with the CobbDouglass production function. Suppose also that he eurozone's Kapital(=capital input) stock is roughly twice the size of the Labor force and that alpha=1/3. What is the impact of an increase in labor(due to migration) on Y and real wages? Instead, what is the impact of an increase in alpha to 1/2 on Y and real wages? Instead, what is the impact of an increase in kapital(=capital input) on Y and real wages?

PLEASE answer these questions in real easy/baby understanding level.