France's economy contracts in Q3 as growth troubles pile up for the ECB

France Q3 preliminary GDP -0.1% vs +0.1% q/q expected Prior 0.0% France Q3 preliminary GDP % vs +0.3% y/y expected Prior +0.5% Ouch. That's a notable miss as French GDP shrinks in Q3 this year. That follows from the stagnation in Q2 and a 0.2% contraction in Q1, not exactly the…