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France · Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min read
France's unemployment rate on the International Labour Organization definition rose to 8.3 percent of the labour force in the second quarter of…
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France · Aug 7, 2026 · 3 min read
French manufacturing output fell 1.1 percent in June 2026 after a 1.0 percent fall in May, the national statistics institute reported on…
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France · Aug 6, 2026 · 4 min read
Private-sector activity across the euro area expanded at its fastest rate in eight months in July, with the services sector returning to…
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EU · Jul 30, 2026 · 4 min read
France returned to growth in the second quarter of 2026, but the composition of the rebound points to limited underlying domestic momentum.…
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EU · Jul 10, 2026 · 2 min read
French consumer price inflation slowed to 1.8 percent in June from 2.4 percent in May, the statistics office INSEE confirmed on Friday,…
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EU · Jul 8, 2026 · 2 min read
France's trade deficit widened to about 6.9 billion euros in May, from around 5.4 billion in April, as a drop in exports…
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EU · Jun 27, 2026 · 3 min read
France's business climate stabilised in June, but the labour market signal weakened, pointing to a fragile recovery in the euro area's second…
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EU · Jun 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Business sentiment in the euro area's two largest economies improved slightly in June, but the gains remained modest and the underlying indicators…
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EU · Jun 15, 2026 · 4 min read
France’s consumer price inflation rose for a fourth straight month in May 2026, confirming a reacceleration driven mainly by energy. The final…
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France’s unemployment rate on the International Labour Organization definition rose to 8.3 percent of the labour force in the second quarter of 2026, up 0.2 percentage points on the quarter and 0.7 points on the year, the national statistics institute reported on 7 August. That is the highest rate since the third quarter of 2020….
French manufacturing output fell 1.1 percent in June 2026 after a 1.0 percent fall in May, the national statistics institute reported on 5 August. Total industrial output edged up 0.1 percent after a 0.1 percent decline, the difference between the two series explained almost entirely by energy. French output, June 2026 Change on May Previous…
Private-sector activity across the euro area expanded at its fastest rate in eight months in July, with the services sector returning to growth for the first time since March, according to S&P Global survey data published on 5 August 2026. The euro area composite output index rose to 52.0 from 50.0 in June, an eight-month…
France returned to growth in the second quarter of 2026, but the composition of the rebound points to limited underlying domestic momentum. Gross domestic product rose 0.2 percent from the first quarter, when it had contracted 0.1 percent, according to the first estimate published by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques…
French consumer price inflation slowed to 1.8 percent in June from 2.4 percent in May, the statistics office INSEE confirmed on Friday, matching its flash estimate. The EU-harmonised measure eased to 2.0 percent from 2.8 percent. On the month, consumer prices fell 0.3 percent, with the monthly CPI change revised down 0.1 point from the…
France’s trade deficit widened to about 6.9 billion euros in May, from around 5.4 billion in April, as a drop in exports outweighed a smaller rise in imports, according to French customs data. The deficit widened by roughly 1.5 billion euros on the month, our calculation, ending a brief improvement in April. The deterioration was…
France’s business climate stabilised in June, but the labour market signal weakened, pointing to a fragile recovery in the euro area’s second largest economy. INSEE said the synthetic business climate indicator very slightly rebounded to 94, below its long run average of 100, while the employment climate indicator lost three points after rounding and fell…
Business sentiment in the euro area’s two largest economies improved slightly in June, but the gains remained modest and the underlying indicators continued to point to an uneven recovery. Fresh survey data from Germany’s ifo Institute and France’s INSEE showed firmer headline confidence, while manufacturing, employment and household demand signals stayed soft. In Germany, the…
France’s consumer price inflation rose for a fourth straight month in May 2026, confirming a reacceleration driven mainly by energy. The final data, published by the national statistics institute, INSEE, on 12 June 2026, matched the earlier flash estimate released on 29 May and reinforced the broader inflation picture facing the euro area, even though…