France's budget deficit increases

Source: Xinhua | 2018-10-07

France's budget gap was estimated to be 97.3 billion euros (about 111.8 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of August, up from 93 billion euros (106.9 billion dollars) recorded a year earlier, official data released Friday showed.

France, Europe's second largest economy, saw its total revenue down by 1.9 percent to 197.7 billion euros (227.2 billion dollars) over the same period.