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France eyes ECB chief economist position

Paris reportedly lines up BdF deputy and ex-OECD official to become first French national to take on role

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France is considering proposing Agnès Bénassy-Quéré and Laurence Boone as candidates for chief economist at the European Central Bank, Reuters has reported.

A column on November 11 by the news agency identified Bénassy-Quéré, deputy governor at the Banque de France (BdF), and Boone, former chief economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as the leading French candidates for the position.

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