France's budget deficit stood at 123.1 billion euros ($135 billion) at the ...
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PARIS - France’s budget deficit stood at 123.1 billion euros at the end of August, compared with a deficit of 97.3 billion euros a year earlier, according to official figures released on Friday. The INSEE official statistics agency forecast this week that the French economy would maintain a quarterly economic growth rate of 0.3% throughout 2019, as a firm job market would help it cope with an uncertain global economic backdrop.
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