- 4.3% in 2015
- 3.8% in 2016
- 2.8% in 2017
Latest forecasts from the French govt budget statement just hitting the wires
- total public deficit to hit 97.2% of GDP in 2015
- 98.0 % in 2016
- 97.3% in 2017
- inflation forecast +0.5% 2014 ,+0.9% 2015, +1.4% 2016, +1.75% 2017
- GDP +0.4% 2014, +1.0% 2015, +1.7% 2016, +1.9% 2017
Fin min Sapin says there will be spending cuts of EUR 14.9bln in 2016 and 2017