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France's economy grew 0.2 percent in the first quarter on the back of greater industrial production and increased foreign trade, the national statistics agency INSEE announced on Friday. Germany narrowly avoided recession, reporting flat GDP in the first three months of 2023.

French economists and public auditors alike breathed a sigh of relief as the national statistics agency INSEE on Tuesday published an annual report showing that the country’s 2022 budget deficit dipped below 5% of GDP. Public debt also slightly decreased. Despite these hopeful figures, France still remains one of the…

Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron received a boost Tuesday with official figures showing unemployment fell to a 15-year low, as he seeks to push through a widely contested pension reform.

The last three months of 2022 saw the number of French people out of work stabilise at 7.2 percent of the active population, the lowest jobless rate recorded since 2008.

Although the French population grew by 0,3 percent to over 68 million people in 2022, the national statistics agency says its the lowest number since 1946. Meanwhile, China, the world's most populous nation saw a significant drop in its population between 2021 and 2022.

According to a report published by France's national statistics and economics research institute, the population of the French capital is declining by an average of 12,400 inhabitants each year.

French consumer prices in October rose at their fastest pace since 1985, driven by rising energy, food and manufactured goods prices, according to official data released Friday.

Paris (AFP) - French consumer prices rose at their fastest pace since 1985 in October, official data showed Friday, driven by rising energy, food and manufactured goods prices.

The number of births in France went up in 2021 after dropping for the six previous years, according to the national statistics institute, Insee, which also observed a sharp increase in the number of babies conceived after the two Covid confinements in 2020.

Under pressure from the French government to do more to help consumers tackle higher energy costs, TotalEnergies has announced discounts on pump prices at French motorway petrol stations. The move comes as inflation hit a record high over the month of June.

France's economy has contracted over the first quarter under the impact of soaring inflation, increasing the risk for President Emmanuel Macron in key legislative elections that get underway in less than two weeks' time.