French Budget Delays 3% Deficit Goal to 2017, Echos Says

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BFW 10/01 04:15 *FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT WILL BE EU87B IN 2014, ECHOS SAYS BN 10/01 04:15 *FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT WILL BE EU87B IN 2014, ECHOS SAYS BFW 10/01 04:14 *FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT WILL BE EU75.7B IN 2015, ECHOS REPORTS BN 10/01 04:14 *FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT WILL BE EU75.7B IN 2015, ECHOS SAYS BFW 10/01 04:13 *FRENCH BUDGET DELAYS 3% DEFICIT GOAL TO 2017, ECHOS SAYS BN 10/01 04:13 *FRENCH BUDGET DELAYS 3% DEFICIT GOAL TO 2017, ECHOS SAYS

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French Budget Delays 3% Deficit Goal to 2017, Echos Says 2014-10-01 04:20:01.176 GMT

By David Whitehouse Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The budget law to be presented today predicts a budget deficit of EU87B ($110B) this year and EU75.7B in 2015, Les Echos reports, without saying where it got the information. * France will have to seek a delay in meeting the deficit goal from the EU for a third time, Les Echos says. Link to story: {NSN NCQKSB3HBS3K <GO>}

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