The National Accounts for the Year 1979 - In 1979, the growth in the volume of the market gross domestic product was 3.4%, the same as in 1978. Nevertheless, unemployment continued to rise. On an average, there were 1,357,000 unemployed (in ILO terms) in 1979, as opposed to 1,183,000 in 1978. Prices continued to climb : + 11.8 % from December 1978 to December 1979 for the index of 295 categories (as compared with + 9,7 % the preceeding year). The purchasing power of gross salaries showed only a slight increase and that of net salaries declined somewhat. The deficit of public finances stood at 20 billion francs, compared with 39 billion in 1978. At the same time, the financial situation of corporations continued to show improvement. The Nati...