Frankreich

[Schneemann]

French public debt in new high after stimulus spending

France's public debt has risen to a new high of 76% of economic output after additional state spending during the downturn, figures have shown.

The national statistics office INSEE said government debt stood at 1.46 trillion euros ($2.1tn; £1.3tn) at the end of September. This was an increase of 29.4bn euros since the end of June.

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Schneemann.