French economy sets to grow 0.1% in Q1: Bank of France

The performance of French economy is set to expand by 0.1% in the first three months of 2013 as the forecast stayed unchanged from the previous estimate, according to a survey released by the Bank of France on Tuesday. The survey data showed that the country's business confidence fell from 95 points in February to 93 in March, while the service sector confidence slid from 89 to 88 in March.