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PARIS (Reuters) – The French economy contracted much less than expected at the end of last year, official data released on Friday showed, as the growing prospect of a new lockdown wipes out hopes for a recovery early this year.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A man walks his dog past a commercial space for rent in a street in Nantes, France, November 10, 2020. REUTERS\/Stephane Mahe<\/figcaption>

The euro zone\u2019s second-biggest economy shrank 1.3% in the final three months of last year after France entered a second coronavirus lockdown in October to contain a second wave of infections, the INSEE statistics agency said.<\/p>\n

The slump, which followed an 18.5% rebound in the third quarter after a first lockdown, exceeded expectations for a 4% contraction on average in a Reuters poll of 28 economists, surpassing even the highest estimate of -1.4%.<\/p>\n

It also meant that for the whole of 2020, the economy contracted 8.3%, which though France\u2019s worst post-war recession was better than the -11% the government had forecast in its budget plans.<\/p>\n

It also eases some of the strain on the public finances as the budget deficit is, therefore, likely to come in at less than the 11.3% of gross domestic product the government had expected.<\/p>\n

France is on tenterhooks to find out in the coming days whether the government will put the country under a new lockdown and in particular whether schools will be closed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the restrictions are made harder, it will be very difficult to get any growth\u201d in the first quarter, Euler Hermes France economist Selin Ozyurt.<\/p>\n

INSEE said consumer spending surged 23% in December from the previous month as coronavirus restrictions were eased heading into the holiday period, which helped to limit the overall fourth-quarter drop in household spending – the traditional motor of the French economy.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, exports surpassed imports so that foreign trade contributed 0.9 percentage points to fourth quarter GDP while inventory building added 0.4 percentage points.<\/p>\n

INSEE said that exports of transport goods and pharmaceuticals had held up well in the period while lower economic activity had limited imports of oil.<\/p>\n

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