French Business Confidence Jumps, Buoyed by Export Prospects
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French business confidence jumped to its highest in almost three years in January as signs a global economic expansion is accelerating lifted the outlook for exports this year.
An index of sentiment among factory executives increased more than expected to 108 from a revised 102 in December, national statistics office Insee said today. Economists expected a reading of 104, according to the median of 3 forecasts gathered in a Bloomberg News survey.