French consumer confidence dipped in March ahead of confinement
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PARIS (Reuters) - French consumer confidence dipped at the start of March, before the government imposed a nationwide lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, a monthly survey showed on Friday.INSEE, the official stats agency, said that its consumer confidence index fell to 103 from 104 in February. Survey responses were collected from Feb. 26 to March 17, mostly before the lockdown was imposed on March 16, it pointed out.Economists polled by Reuters had forecast on average the index dropped to..