During the second quarter, economic expansion within the Eurozone achieved its quickest quarterly rate in more than a year. A significant upward adjustment from Ireland helped push the region's GDP growth to 0.6%, comfortably surpassing the initial estimate of 0.4%.

These strong gains out of Ireland were somewhat offset by more sluggish economic growth in France. Right now, France is drawing considerable fiscal scrutiny, an environment it shares with fellow G7 nations Japan and the UK.

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