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The International Monetary Fund raises its forecast for eurozone economic growth in 2021 on the back of better-than-expected performances in France and Italy. Gita Gopinath, chief economist at the IMF, says they now expect growth of five percent for the single currency area as a whole. SOUNDBITE

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