France returns to growth with 0.3% expansion in Q3

France's economy returned to growth in the third quarter of this year, expanding by 0.3 percent, after having earlier stalled, the national statistics agency said Friday. The initial estimate of 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter growth in gross domestic product in July to September followed no expansion in the second quarter, which had raised concerns about the nation's weak economic recovery. Finance Minister Michel Sapin told AFP that the latest figures by INSEE mean that France's economy will gr