Flash HICP (Oct 2019) Preview -.........>

FRANCE DATA: Flash HICP (Oct 2019) Preview - 1000GMT

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- HICP: Bbg Consensus: 0.1% m/m, 1.1% y/y; Prev (Sep): -0.4% m/m, 1.1% y/y 

- CPI: Bbg Consensus: 0.1% m/m, 0.9% y/y; Prev (Sep): -0.3% m/m, +0.9% y/y 

- Annual inflation is forecast to remain unchanged at Sep's level in Oct, while

monthly HICP is projected to rebound after Sep's decline. 

- Core inflation ticked up to 0.9% in Sep after Aug's three-month low of 0.7% 

- Insee's Sep report notes that food inflation slowed sharply, energy inflation

moderated and service prices accelerated on an annual basis. 

- Prices for manufactured goods declined at a slower pace in Sep than in Aug 

- Fwd-looking survey evidence suggests a marginal pick up in prices: 

- The flash composite PMI report notes that cost burdens rose markedly in Oct

with firms passing on higher costs to their customers. 

- The European Commission's business and consumer survey states that selling

price expectations rose in both the manuf and services sectors in Oct.