U.S. investors watch French budget mess amid memories of eurozone debt crisis

Bond-market participants in the U.S. and abroad were zeroing in Tuesday on the possibility that French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government could fall and assessing whether this could turn into a sovereign-debt crisis for the country.

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U.S. investors watch French budget mess amid memories of eurozone debt crisis

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