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How the French Bond Trade Backfired on Investors

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Hedge funds piled into leveraged bets over the summer, figuring French politics wouldn’t get much rockier.

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Center

Almost a decade after Emmanuel Macron's coming to power, his project of economic transformation in France is put to the test. Public spending has exploded following successive crises, debt and borrowing costs have increased, and investors are increasingly looking at the country's finances. At the same time, extreme right and extreme left promise to cancel out some of the president's reforms, and former finance minister Roland Lescure is trying t…

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The economic revolution promised by President Emmanuel Macron of France has not taken place, and years of massive spending by the state has made the republic the weakest part of the eurozone, written by the media. Nearly 10 years of Emmanuel Macron's rule have made France the weakest economic force in Europe. The politician came to power in 2017 with promises to revolution, but the policy of high government spending has not changed, and the Pres…

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France has become the “weakest link” in Europe at the end of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency, Bloomberg writes. According to the agency, the country is facing a simultaneous economic slowdown, high public debt and political instability, and the lack of a parliamentary majority complicates attempts to limit the budget deficit. RBC cites Bloomberg’s analysis. The government must pass a budget that will convince investors that Paris is capable of stab…

Center

As a banker refuses a new credit to an over-indebted household, investors are reluctant to lend us the money we need to close the budget. At the root of this crisis, there is a double failure: France fails to restore its accounts and the government is paralyzed by the absence of a majority. If the future president has not told the truth, he may well find himself in a position between the blazing street and the burgeoning markets. (Economy).

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Le Figaro broke the news in Paris, France on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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