text: French, Italian economies hurt most under second lockdowns - The Guardian | Canada News Media
  French, Italian economies hurt most under second lockdowns – The Guardian
  PARIS (Reuters) – Lockdowns in France and Italy are weighing down public mobility more than in other European countries, according to high- frequency data compiled by Reuters that suggest the two economies will take a correspondingly bigger hit.
  Graphic: Time spent at home in Europe's biggest economies – https://graphics.reuters.com/EUROPE-ECONOMY/yzdvxkaojpx/chart.png
  Graphic: Changes in traffic congestion in European capitals – https://graphics.reuters.com/EUROPE-ECONOMY/nmopadyglva/chart.png
  Graphic: Apple mobility trends in public transport – https://graphics.reuters.com/EUROPE-ECONOMY/jznpnnjolpl/chart.png
  The German official stats agency's truck toll mileage index https://www.destatis.de/EN/Service/EXDAT/Datensaetze/truck-toll-mileage.html, which it says is a bellwether for industrial production in Europe's biggest economy, is currently running at levels on par with those seen before the coronavirus crisis broke out.
  But that is likely to be because of government support measures like subsidised furlough schemes and state-guaranteed bank loans to companies are keeping consumers and businesses afloat – at least for now.