France Business Confidence Rises From July
Brief · Published 2026-08-31 · Data period 2026-08-31
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France's business confidence rose to -3.6 in August from -6.1 in July. The reading was the highest since January, when the index was -1.3, and remains above the all-time low of -42.3 recorded in April 2020. It also stays well below the all-time high of 15.3 reached in June 2000. The index stood at -10.3 a year earlier, according to Eurostat.
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