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Xavier Debrun

economist (International Monetary Fund (IMF))

  • Jul 9

    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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French yields reach 4.9 percent

Wars pound, markets punish and housing anger forces governments onto defensive ground

The day’s news has a hard edge: missiles, yields, evictions and intelligence failures all moved politics faster than speeches did. Governments are discovering that trust, whether in air defences, public finances or housing rules, is expensive to rebuild.

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  • South Korea-Ukraine diplomatic rift

    Recalls ambassador from Kyiv as South Korea protests dispute over war prisoners, keeping embassy open for talks

  • Poland school knife attack

    Identified the attacker as a former student who killed a 37-year-old school employee, as officials investigate potential links to online challenges.

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European democracies and populism

Berlin coalition talks and Romania's PSD coalition condition are incremental political moves within established trends.

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