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Xavier Debrun

economist (International Monetary Fund (IMF))

  • 4h ago

    Bank of France lifts Q2 growth forecast to 0.2% as industry and services hold up

    The central bank now expects the economy to expand 0.2% in the second quarter, up from a previous estimate of stagnation, as June activity proved resilient despite a heatwave.

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Hormuz freezes, Wolfsburg winces

Trump breaks Iran truce as heat deaths and factory cuts jolt Europe

The day’s gravest news ran through chokepoints, boardrooms and morgues. A broken US-Iran pause threatened oil shipping, Germany counted the human cost of extreme heat, and Volkswagen put a century-old industrial compact under strain.

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