The French government's survival after bypassing parliament to implement the 2026 budget has done nothing to improve the country's long-term debt dynamics. So we think that the recent narrowing of France's bond spreads looks overdone. Next week, the ECB will leave interest rates unchanged, while we expect to learn that headline euro-zone inflation edged down to 1.7% in January.
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