european central bank policymaker francois villeroy de galhau who is also governor of the french central bank attends the paris europlace international financial forum in tokyo japan november 19 2018 reuterstoru hanai paris june 22 reuters  france should escape recession this year and still have positive economic growth said bank of france governor and european central bank ecb member francois villeroy de galhau our central scenario is for positive economic growth this year he told rtl radio although he added inflation was still too high and hitting consumers spending power on tuesday the bank of france cut frances economic growth outlook the euro zones secondbiggest economy was set to grow 23 this year before slowing to 12 in 2023 and picking up to 17 in 2024 as the impact of the crisis subsided the bank of france said in its quarterly outlook read more