Confidence in the French economy declined significantly

The index of business confidence in the of French economy in June of this year fell to 92 from 94 § § confirm data from a national statistical office Insee.

Value of the index for this month is the weakest since August 2013 Economists polled by Bloomberg, is not expected to change in the index values ​​in May.

Projected production indicator fell to -19 in June with § § -13 last month.

Confidence index of companies manufacturing sector is fixed at 98 § § 99 against May, although the changes are not projected.

The country’s authorities have submitted a program to reduce budget spending for an additional 4 billion euros. Thus was increased already adopted a program to reduce the cost of 14 billion euros, designed to reduce the fiscal deficit to 3.8% of GDP in 2014

The Government also confirmed its intention to reduce the budget deficit to 3% of GDP in 2015, to its highest level in accordance with the Maastricht Treaty.

In addition, the administration Hollande plans within the next three years to cut taxes, mostly for business, more than 40 billion euros and reduce budget spending by 30 billion euros.

Germany and French economy growth in Europe, while in other countries the rate of growth was the strongest before the recession began.

French economy was a decline, while Germany’s growth was the weakest in eight months, according to the Markit Economics. Other European countries, including those hardest hit by the global financial crisis showed the strongest growth since August 2007