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		<title>France Economy Under Pressure Amid Energy Shock</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/05/france-economy-energy-shock-iran-war-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Economy Under Pressure Amid Energy Shock and Global Uncertainty France’s economic outlook has taken]]></description>
		
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		<title>France to Keep Cash Alive Despite Digital Boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As digital payments reshape daily life in France, the country’s central bank is standing firm:]]></description>
		
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		<title>Livret A Interest Rate Set to Drop to 1.4%: What It Means for French Savers</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/01/livret-interest-rate-drop-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Livret A to Drop to 1.4% in February 2026 If you’re living in France and]]></description>
		
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		<title>French Economy Shows Resilience as Banque de France Raises Growth Forecasts for 2025 and 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[French Economy Defies Uncertainty as Banque de France Adjusts Forecasts Upward The Banque de France]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Prime Minister: &#8220;Enough of this Political Mess&#8221;&#8230; The Boss of the Banque de France Rants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[COMPROMISE IS NOT A BAD WORD: François Villeroy de Galhau comes out of his usual]]></description>
		
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		<title>For the European Central Bank, why do we all have to have 70 to 100 euros in cash?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/09/european-central-bank-cash-home/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We talk about gold as a safe haven, but in reality, in the event of]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Banque de France is Revising its Growth Forecast Upwards and Supporting Measures Targeting the Richest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Banque de France supports measures targeting the highest assets and is more optimistic about]]></description>
		
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		<title>Money: the French withdraw Cash Less Often, But Larger Sums, according to the Banque de France</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/07/money-french-withdraw-cash-less-often-larger-sums-according-banque-de-france/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cash withdrawals decreased by 4.3% between 2023 and 2024. On the other hand, the average]]></description>
		
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		<title>LEP: How Much Time do you have Left to Take Advantage of the Hot Rate in this Plan?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/07/lep-much-time-left-take-advantage-hot-rate-plan/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After having achieved a yield not seen for nearly forty years, the LEP interest rate]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inflation: &#8220;We Have the Beginnings of Good News&#8221;, says the Governor of the Banque de France</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 07:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Tuesday 11th July 2023, the Governor of the Banque de France spoke about inflation]]></description>
		
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