PARIS (Reuters) -France’s central bank said the economy “will grow slightly in the fourth quarter” as high political uncertainty contributes to a slowing pace of expansion in November, although it did not give a figure in its monthly forecast on Tuesday.

Caution around a high-stakes budget vote and the difficult international context are set to slow major investment projects in the euro zone’s second-biggest economy in November, the Bank of France said in its regular survey.

“Industrial order books remain generally low and uncertainty remains high, fuelled by the political situation,” it said.

Drawing on the findings of its monthly survey of around 8,500 businesses conducted from October 29 to November 6, the bank said it expected manufacturing, services and energy to sustain growth in

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