France 'to see GDP growth of 2% in 2004'

The French economy is expected to grow by 2% this year with growth of 1.3% clocked up by end of the second quarter, the Bank of France said today.

The Central bank's survey of business leaders shows that France saw its economy grow 0.5% in the first quarter, unchanged from previous forecasts, and that it expects GDP to also grow by 0.5% in the second quarter.