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		<title>IMF Urges France to Pass Budget and Calm Markets</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/10/imf-urges-france-pass-budget-calm-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The IMF says France must pass its 2027 budget quickly to restore investor confidence. See]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Markets Tumble on Election Fears</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France&#8217;s Fiscal Storm: How Election Uncertainty Is Shaking Markets and What It Means for Investors]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mélenchon’s 18% Debt “Firebreak”: Can France Really Burn a Slice of Its Sovereign Debt?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/08/melenchon-debt-cancellation-plan-france/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jean-Luc Mélenchon proposes cancelling 18% of France’s debt held by the Banque de France. We]]></description>
		
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		<title>China Hits 5% Growth in 2025 but Faces Rising Debt and Uneven Gains</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/01/china-2025-gdp-growth-debt-disparities/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[China Reaches 5% Economic Growth in 2025 China’s economy expanded by 5 percent in 2025, meeting]]></description>
		
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		<title>France’s Credit Rating Explained: What It Means For Your Money, Taxes &#038; Daily Life</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/11/frances-credit-rating-explained-means-money-taxes-daily-life/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2025/11/frances-credit-rating-explained-means-money-taxes-daily-life/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A clear, evergreen guide to France’s credit rating, debt outlook and what it means for]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moody’s Turns France Outlook Negative as ECB Set to Hold: What UK Expats in France Should Do</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/10/france-moodys-negative-outlook-ecb-hold-means-expats/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moody’s shifted France’s outlook to negative and the ECB is poised to hold rates. What]]></description>
		
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		<title>France&#8217;s debt: how did we get here, and how dangerous is it?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/09/frances-debt-get-dangerous/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister François Bayrou has warned that France’s excessive debt puts it in danger, which]]></description>
		
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		<title>The State Owns 100% EDF and its Debt of 64.5 Billion Euros</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/06/state-owns-100-edf-debt-64-5-billion-euros/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ENERGY: This Thursday, the government announced the finalization of the renationalization of EDF for an amount]]></description>
		
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		<title>Covid-19 to cost France nearly half a trillion euros over three years</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2021/04/covid-19-cost-france-nearly-half-trillion-euros-three-years/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Covid-19 pandemic will set the French state back 424 billion euros over three years]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Happens When You Cancel a Country&#8217;s Debt</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/11/happens-cancel-countrys-debt/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A debt, in principle, is repaid. But since the French Revolution, examples of debt cancellation abound. And]]></description>
		
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