France Set to Cut 2013 Growth Forecast

France Set to Cut 2013 Growth Forecast

The French government will reduce its forecast for growth of the economy this year from 0.8 percent, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.

When asked by a journalist on RTL radio if the figure would be 0.2-0.3 percent, Fabius replied that “it’s around this figure”, having previously recalled that the forecast had first been 1.2 percent, and then 0.8 percent.

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