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France's problems threaten policymakers' firepower

Growing concerns about France’s fiscal position have underlined the breadth of the euro-zone’s debt crisis. While a default seems unlikely at this stage, merely a credit rating downgrade would significantly hamper policymakers’ ability to provide crucial support to the euro-zone’s periphery.

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