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Moody's left its credit rating on France at Aa3, giving the country some relief in a week of unrest.

As a selloff in French government bonds deepens, the region's debt-laden economies risk a surge in borrowing costs while also grappling with increasing social unrest.

The yield on benchmark French debt hit 5% for the first time since 2002 as rising energy prices exacerbated concern over the country's fiscal outlook. Alice Gledhill has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest.

France faces a severe fiscal, debt, and political crisis, with its 10Y bond yield surging to ~5%, the highest since 2002. The deficit/GDP ratio remains far above the EU's 3% threshold, with public debt projected to reach 118% of GDP by 2026.

France's widening borrowing premium over Germany is testing investor confidence and raising questions about potential ECB support.