French GDP dropped at the fastest rate in history, contracting 14% in the second quarter — the latest European economy to reveal its pandemic pain
People wearing protective masks applaud healthcare workers from their balcony decorated with a banner that reads "vaccine" on May 4, 2020, in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Mande, France.France posted a nearly 14% decline in output, a third consecutive quarterly drop for the economy, and the worst three month fall in history, according to data released Friday.
France's "negative developments in the first half of 2020 is linked to the shut-down of 'non-essential' activities in the context of the implementation of the lockdown between mid-March and the beginning of May," the country's statistics agency said. France's economic downturn, somewhat surprisingly, isn't as bad as economists' prediction of a 15.2% decline, but it is still the sharpest drop since records began over 70 years ago.The worsening state of affairs is "linked to the shut-down of 'non-essential' activities in the context of the implementation of the lockdown between mid-March and the beginning of May," statistics authority INSEE said in a statement.
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