Insee’s composite business-climate indicator gained one point to 97.5 in October, while its employment-climate indicator fell three points.
Insee’s October survey put the composite business-climate indicator at 97.5, up from 96.4 in September and nearer its long-run average of 100. The measure combines business surveys across France’s main market sectors.
The employment-climate indicator lost three points. Insee collected responses from 25 September to 19 October; these are survey balances, not measured output or hiring totals.
Istat reported a 2.9% monthly fall in seasonally adjusted output, while the unadjusted annual comparison rose 2.3%.
At the BUILD 2026 conference, Nigeria’s communications minister called for shared African compute infrastructure and cited power, broadband and chip access as constraints.
A 21 October enforcement notice tells public agencies to require equipment-lease registration certificates; it implements an August circular under existing law.
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