Posted Apr 11, 2023, 8:00 PMUpdated on Apr 11, 2023 at 8:06 PM
“French growth is there, it is solid”, welcomed Bruno Le Maire on Tuesday morning on Europe 1. While he must send the stability program to the European Commission before the end of the month, several indicators came during the day to confirm the words of the host from Bercy.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed that it expects GDP growth of 0.7% in France in 2023, when Germany would be in a slight recession. A little later, the Banque de France, for its part, revised its growth forecast for the first quarter upwards by a small 0.1 point, to 0.2%, despite the slight decline recorded in March. , sectors such as trade, transport or energy being affected by the demonstrations once morest the pension reform.
