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European Economics Preview: France Business Confidence Data Due

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Business sentiment data from France is due on Monday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.

At 2.00 am ET, Statistics Norway publishes quarterly national accounts for the first quarter. Mainland Norway GDP is forecast to grow 0.4 percent sequentially, slower than the 0.9 percent expansion seen a quarter ago.

At 2.30 am ET, Bank of France is set to release business sentiment survey results. Economists expect the confidence index to remain unchanged at 100 in April.

At 3.00 am ET, consumer prices from the Czech Republic and current account data from Turkey are due. Czech inflation is seen unchanged at 3 percent.

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