($1 = 0.9275 euros) (Reporting by Leigh Thomas Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - France's public sector
budget deficit fell more than the government expected last year
as tax income came in strong, business newspaper Les Echos
reported on Monday.
Without citing its sources, Les Echos said that the INSEE
official statistics agency would report on Tuesday a 2022 public
deficit of 4.8% of economic output or less, below the 5% the
government had anticipated in its budget planning.
The newspaper said INSEE would also report that the national
debt had not topped 3 trillion euros ($3.08 trillion) as had
been widely expected by economists.
The finance ministry did not confirm the figures when
contacted by Reuters.
If confirmed by INSEE on Tuesday, the data would come as
a welcome relief for the government as it faces waves of strikes
and protests against unpopular plans to raise the retirement age
by two years to 64.
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