An economic recovery in France, formerly one of Europe’s chief laggards, has helped a resurgent eurozone power to its strongest growth in a decade and outpace the U.S. last year. The European Union’s statistics agency Tuesday said gross domestic product—the broadest measure of the goods and services produced by the eurozone’s 19 member countries—was 2.5% higher in 2017 than in 2016, the fastest growth rate since 2007.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 30, 2018 09:03 UTC