Europe 1 with AFP 6:42 p.m., September 7, 2021

With better prospects for exiting the crisis, INSEE on Tuesday raised its growth forecast to 6.25% of GDP for the year 2021. Gross domestic product (GDP) should thus increase by 2.7% in the third quarter. and 0.5% in the fourth.

INSEE on Tuesday raised its growth forecast for the French economy to 6.25% for this year, against 6% previously, the recovery in activity having clearly continued despite the fourth epidemic wave this summer and the introduction of the health pass. Gross domestic product (GDP) should thus grow by 2.7% in the third quarter and 0.5% in the fourth, after + 1.1% in the second quarter, details the National Institute of Statistics, in its last point. of conjuncture.