French President Emmanuel Macron is grappling with both a political and economic crisis as Paris' borrowing briefly exceeded Greece's for the first time on Wednesday. On the bond market, where debt that has already been issued is traded, Greek bonds were ...

Borrowing costs for France have hit a 12-year high relative to Germany, and were more than those of Greece for the first time ever

French 10-year bond yields, which move inversely to prices, rose as high as 3.022 per cent in early trading, taking them marginally above Greece’s yields at 3.013 per cent. Greek yields later dipped to 2.