The reading right now

As of April 2026, Business confidence for France stood at -8.4. That is down 0.5 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged -5.37, ranging from a low of -14.9 in October 2024 to a high of 7.6 in July 2021. The current reading sits 3.43 below its trailing ten-year mean of -4.97.

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