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France’s economy sees slight growth, household savings increase in Q1
The household savings rate experienced a slight increase, moving up to 18.8% in the first quarter from 18.5% in the last quarter of 2024, as reported by the statistics office. On the other hand, ...
OECD growth slows abruptly to 0.1% in the first three months of 2025
The overall GDP growth of the 38 countries of the OECD, providing more than 40% of the global economy, slowed down ...
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France: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...
ECB Delivers Another Rate Cut
"The ECB delivers another 25-bp cut, and nudges rates to the middle of its 1.5% to 2.5% neutral range. Alongside, the updated ...
Investment Executive14d
GDP growth drops sharply in Q1: OECD
Alongside the drop in quarterly growth, on a year-over-year basis, the GDP growth rate for the OECD slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter, down from 1.9% in the previous quarter.
Growth risks weigh on sentiment
The ISM Manufacturing survey in the US was weaker than expected for May. It fell to 48.5, and expectations were for an ...