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FRANCE DATA: Industrial Production (Aug 2019) Preview - 07:45 BST

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- IP: Median: 0.3% m/m, 0.1% y/y; Prev (Jul): 0.3% m/m, -0.2% y/y 

- Manuf Prod: Median: 0.3% m/m, -0.2% y/y; Prev (Jul): 0.3% m/m, -0.3% y/y 

- Markets see French monthly IP unchanged at July's level, while the annual rate

is forecast to rebound after two consecutive months of decline. 

- M/M manuf output is projected to hold steady on July's 0.3% , however, the

annual rate is anticipated to show a third successive decrease.

- Fwd-looking survey evidence suggests a slight downside risk: 

- France's manufacturing PMI fell to 50.1 in Sep with the report noting that

declines in output and new orders were offset by gains in employment and

supplier delivery times. 

- Insee's Sep bus conf survey, meanwhile, showed manufacturing sentiment

dropping by 1pt to 102, while the equivalent BoF index cooled by 3pt to 96.