Flash Inflation (Sep 2019) .............>

FRANCE DATA: Flash Inflation (Sep 2019) 

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- HICP: -0.4% m/m, 1.1% y/y; Previous (Aug): 0.5% m/m, 1.3% y/y 

- CPI: -0.3% m/m, 0.9% y/y; Previous (Aug): 0.5% m/m, 1.0% y/y 

- Consumer price inflation came in slightly weaker than markets expectations

forecasting a steady reading for the annual HICP. 

- Sep's annual decline was driven by a deceleration in food inflation (2.0%),

while prices for manufactured products (-0.7%) registered the 19th consecutive

fall. 

- Price growth for energy (0.2%) and non-food (2.1%) products slowed in Sep. 

- Meanwhile, service price inflation (-1.3%) was the only category to see an

annual increase in prices. 

- Tobacco inflation remained unchanged at Aug's level of 8.7%.