France recorded a current account deficit of 200 million euros in April, down from the revised 900 million euros a month ago, the Bank of France said Friday.
In the 12 months to April, France's current account deficit totaled 6.6 billion euros.
France recorded a current account deficit of 200 million euros in April, down from the revised 900 million euros a month ago, the Bank of France said Friday.
In the 12 months to April, France's current account deficit totaled 6.6 billion euros.
Switzerland's foreign currency reserves dropped to 710.82 billion francs in May from the revised 715.81 billion francs in April, data from the Swiss National Bank (SNBN.SW) showed Friday.Official reserve assets, excluding gold holdings, totaled 722.56 billion francs, down from the revised 727.63 billion francs earlier.
France's foreign exchange reserves fell to 381.30 billion euros in May from 386.90 billion euros in April, according to government data published Friday.The total amount comprised 304.84 billion euros in gold reserves, 31.15 billion euros in foreign currency reserves, 38.85 billion euros in claims on the International Monetary Fund, and 6.46 billion euros in other reserve assets.
France's industrial production was up 0.1% month over month in April, following a revised 1.4% increase in the previous month, statistics agency Insee said Friday.Analysts expected a 0.2% decline for the month, according to Investing.com data.On a yearly basis, the index was up 2.9%.