AFP, Paris :
France’s statistics agency hiked Thursday its forecast for economic growth this year to 1.8 percent, which would be the fastest expansion in six years.
The increase, by two tenths of a percentage point, brings Insee’s forecast into line with the latest predictions made by ministers.
Insee now expects the French economy to expand by 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter in both the third and fourth quarters.
France’s statistics agency hiked Thursday its forecast for economic growth this year to 1.8 percent, which would be the fastest expansion in six years.
The increase, by two tenths of a percentage point, brings Insee’s forecast into line with the latest predictions made by ministers.
Insee now expects the French economy to expand by 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter in both the third and fourth quarters.
