PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government cut its growth outlook sharply on Tuesday but kept its budget deficit forecast steady despite billions of extra spending on anti-inflation measures thanks to stronger than expected tax revenues. The finance ministry said that growth was now expected to be 2.5% this year, down from a previous estimate of 4% due to the impact from the Omicron COVID wave at the start of the year and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That is marginally more optimistic than recent forecasts for 2.3% growth from both the central bank and the INSEE official statistics agency. Despite…