France’s Finance Ministry flags heatwaves risk to 2026 growth
France’s Finance Ministry said successive heatwaves this summer could shave 0.1 percentage points off French economic growth on average this year, but called it a mere estimate and not an official forecast update.
This summer's successive heatwaves could shave 0.1 percentage points off French economic growth on average this year, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.The ministry, however, stressed this was just a mere estimate at this stage and not an official update of its forecast for French growth, whic…