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France sinks deeper into recession as GDP falls 14% in Q2

| July 31, 2020 12:27 AM

PARIS (AP) — France's economy shrank by nearly 14% in the second quarter, when the country was in coronavirus lockdown. It was the third consecutive quarter of negative growth in a worsening recession, the national statistics agency said Friday.

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