France's current account shortfall narrows in March

French current account balance came in deficit in March largely due to an improvement in merchandise trade, a data revealed by the Bank of France showed on Tuesday. According to data current account shortfall decreased from 5 billion euros recorded in February to 2.9 billion euros in March, while the goods trade account showed a deficit of 4.6 billion euros in March, lower than 6 billion euros in the previous before.