Latest data released by INSEE - 5 October 2018
- Prior -€3.49 billion; revised to -€3.43 billion
- Current account balance -€1.6 billion
- Prior +€0.5 billion; revised to +€0.3 billion
- YTD budget balance -€97.3 billion
- Prior -€82.8 billion
A larger deficit than expected but nothing that really stands out of the normal with regards to trade figures for France. Not a data release that will do much for the euro ahead of the US jobs report to come later.
