French economic growth continues to be weak. <br /><br />The central bank in Paris has just released its latest estimate for the period from July to September. <br /><br />It is calculating that gross domestic product was just 0.2 percent up on the previous quarter. <br /><br />France, the eurozone’s second-biggest economy, posted zero growth in the first half of the year.<br /><br />The central bank’s estimate was contained in its monthly business climate survey, which showed that a further fall in confidence in the industrial sector and no change in the confidence index for the services sector.<br /><br />Last week, French statistics office INSEE predicted growth of 0.1 percent for both the third and fourth quarters. <br /><br />with Reuters
