Latest data released by INSEE - 5 April 2019

  • Prior -€4.20 billion; revised to -€4.21 billion
  • Current account balance -€0.8 billion
  • Prior +€0.9 billion; revised to +€0.3 billion

A more positive report here as the trade deficit narrows a little thanks to a rise in exports (+0.9% m/m) and imports also rising (+0.4% m/m) in tandem. Nothing much else to gather from the release here but at least there is some improvement to trade data in the region.