French economic growth will outperform 1% forecast, reiterates finance minister

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PARIS (Reuters) - France will have economic growth in 2024 that will probably outperform the government's 1 percent forecast, reiterated French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday.

"We will do better than the government's forecasts," Le Maire told France 2 TV.

Data this week showed that France's economy grew marginally faster than expected in the second quarter as the delivery of a cruise ship boosted exports, offsetting flat consumer spending.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)