(Bloomberg) -- French business confidence unexpectedly rose in October as optimism in the services sector reached its highest level in more than 20 years. The resilience of the largest section of country’s economy has led the government to revise up its growth forecasts for this year, while other European countries struggle more with supply bottlenecks hitting industry. The confidence reading in French industry was unchanged as an improvement in order books was offset by weaker assessments of current and future production.

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