France’s new government suggested yesterday that the budget deficit will be over 6% of GDP this year, rather than the 5.6% as indicated only a couple of weeks ago. We expect the government to struggle to pass a budget which substantially reduces the deficit next year and, as a result, we think the spread on French over German government bonds is likely to continue rising in the coming weeks and months.
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