{"id":126405,"date":"2025-04-30T07:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T07:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/trade-war-sluggish-consumption-half-mast-investments-french-growth-patina\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T07:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T07:57:28","slug":"trade-war-sluggish-consumption-half-mast-investments-french-growth-patina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/trade-war-sluggish-consumption-half-mast-investments-french-growth-patina\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade war, sluggish consumption, half -mast investments: French growth patina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">This is not what one might call a start -up start. Plurged by a late budget vote, by the imperative to reduce the public deficit and by the threatening international context, the French economy increased by only 0.1 % in the first quarter, according to the first estimates published on Wednesday April 30 by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). A figure in accordance with expectations, which succeeds 2024 at low speed, since growth had then reached 1.1 %.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    The IMF announces a slowdown in global growth: &#8220;the economy enters a new era&#8221;, according to its chief economist <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3419454\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/economie\/article\/2025\/04\/22\/le-fmi-annonce-un-ralentissement-de-la-croissance-mondiale-l-economie-entre-dans-une-nouvelle-ere-selon-son-chef-economiste_6598853_3234.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">On April 10, the government fell its growth forecast for 2025 to 0.7 % (compared to 0.9 % previously), due to the negative consequences of the trade war launched by Donald Trump. Will he be able to hold this goal? <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s not unrealistic&#8221;<\/em>Evaluates Maxime Darmet, economist at Allianz Trade. <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a fight&#8221;<\/em> And <em>&#8220;We will support companies&#8221;<\/em>said the Minister of the Economy, Eric Lombard, on Sud Radio, Tuesday shortly after the publication of the figures. Despite this inexpensive first quarter, the growth achievement already reaches 0.4 %, estimates Marie Leclair, head of the national accounts department at INSEE. According to the Institute, the gross domestic product should increase by 0.2 % in each of the next three quarters to reach 0.7 %.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The Banque de France, at the origin of the growth forecast on which Bercy is based, is prudent. <em>&#8220;We will update <\/em>[notre pr\u00e9vision]<em>  In June,<\/em> Explained, Monday, April 28, Governor Fran\u00e7ois Villeroy de Galhau on Monday, April 28. <em>Why are we not updating today with these protectionist threats? Because it is very difficult to isolate an element of all the others. There are a lot of uncertainty. There are certain elements that can play positively, such as reviving in Germany. \u00bb\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Decrease in food consumption<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">These multiple uncertainties on the side of the international environment are coupled with a certain gloom on a national scale. Consumption stagnated in the first quarter, and even dropped clearly ( &#8211; 1 %) in March. Yet, <em>&#8220;Consumers are starting to take note of disinflation<\/em>notes St\u00e9phane Colliac, economist at BNP Paribas. <em>Confidence has stabilized between two waters, but has not completely left. Especially since the fear of unemployment and concerns about the future standard of living have increased<\/em> \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 53.54% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is not what one might call a start -up start. 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