French GDP ||

  • QoQ Prelim: 0.1% (Forecast 0%, Previous 0.2%)
  • YoY Prelim: 0.5% (Forecast 0.5%, Previous 1.0%)
  • Consumer Spending MoM: -1.3% (Forecast 0.3%, Previous 0.5%)

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For 2022 as a whole, the French economy grew by 2.6%, added the INSEE statistics office in its preliminary figures.

Full Reuters Note

The Bank of France said in forecasts published in December that France's economic growth would fall to 0.3% in 2023 from 2.6% for 2022.

BBG - The numbers offer some relief for Europe after data Monday revealed an unexpected downturn in Germany in the final three months of the year. Figures for the entire euro area are due at 11 a.m. Analysts see a small contraction.