Europe Weekly: ECB; pharma tariff front-running; France’s budget

This week brought some evidence that front-running US tariffs boosted euro-zone industrial production in Q1, but this effect will of course be “transitory”. Meanwhile, statements from France’s finance minister highlight the challenge his government will face to reduce its budget deficit.

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