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QT launched, France flatlining?

The latest data suggest that France’s economy is performing a little better than Germany’s and may even avoid recession, at least in the first half of this year. Meanwhile, we expect to learn next week that euro-zone GDP did contract in Q4 after all and that German industrial production declined again in January. 

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