FRANCE

摘要

The Euro zone debt crisis has dragged the French economy - which was previously seen as part of the stable Euro area core - into the firing line. Financial upheaval and rising 10-year government bond yields are putting into doubt previously-agreed deficit- and debt-reduction targets, even after a new batch of austerity measures and relatively positive Q3 national accounts release. GDP rebounded afterthe previous quarter's 0.1% (q-o-q) decline, to rise by 0.4% on the back of household consumption and a 0.1 %-point contribution from