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		<title>Housing Markets Rebound in France and Spain</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/02/housing-market-recovery-france-spain-2025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After two years of slowdown, housing markets in France and Spain rebounded in 2025, fueled]]></description>
		
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		<title>France’s Unemployment Rises to 7.9%: Full Employment in Jeopardy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 7.9% — Full Employment Goal Slipping Away France’s labour market]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Inflation Slows to 0.7% in December as Energy Prices Fall</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/01/france-december-2025-inflation-slowdown/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France’s Inflation Cools to Its Lowest in Seven Months France saw a further cooling of]]></description>
		
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		<title>French Inflation Slows to 0.8% in December: Energy Prices Lead the Decline</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/01/french-inflation-december-2025/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2026/01/french-inflation-december-2025/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cost of Living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy Prices]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[French Inflation Cools to 0.8% in December 2025 Inflation in France eased to 0.8% year-over-year in]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 Price Shock: How Rising Costs Will Hit Drivers and Homeowners in France</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/11/rising-costs-motorists-homeowners-france-2026/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2025/11/rising-costs-motorists-homeowners-france-2026/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From hidden fuel price rises to higher property taxes and more speed cameras, 2026 will]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inflation: Prices up 1% year-on-year in October</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/10/inflation-prices-1-year-year-october/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SLOWDOWN: Energy prices plunged 5.6%, while food prices rose 1.3%, compared to 1.7% in September]]></description>
		
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		<title>Worst &#8220;Back to School Period&#8221; since 2009&#8230; Record Number of Business Failures</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/10/worst-back-school-period-since-2009-record-number-business-failures/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CRISIS: An Altares report highlights the &#8220;uncertainty&#8221; surrounding the French economy to explain the 6,800]]></description>
		
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		<title>According to a Union, Nearly One in Two Small Business Managers Earn Less than the Minimum Wage</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/10/according-union-nearly-one-two-small-business-managers-earn-less-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IMPOVERISHMENT: According to the Union of Independents (SDI), French very small businesses (VSEs) are going]]></description>
		
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		<title>Economy in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Activity in Decline, No Signs of Recovery and Morale of Entrepreneurs at Half Mast</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/09/economy-nouvelle-aquitaine-activity-decline-signs-recovery-morale-entrepreneurs-half-mast/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2025/09/economy-nouvelle-aquitaine-activity-decline-signs-recovery-morale-entrepreneurs-half-mast/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Local News]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[INSEE has just published its latest study on the economic situation in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is]]></description>
		
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		<title>CAF: APL revalued  from 1st October 2025, here is the Increase Planned for Beneficiaries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Personalized housing assistance follows the evolution of the rent reference index (IRL) for the 2nd]]></description>
		
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