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French Flash Inflation At 1.6%

FRANCE DATA
MNI (London)

JUL FLASH HICP +0.1% M/M, +1.6% Y/Y; JUN +1.9% Y/Y

JUL FLASH CPI +0.1% M/M, +1.2% Y/Y; JUN +1.5% Y/Y


  • Annual inflation decelerated to 1.6% in Jul, down from 1.9% seen in Jun, hitting a 3-month low.
  • The headline HICP came in stronger than markets expected (median 1.4%).
  • Jul's drop was led by a sharp decline of prices for manufactured products, falling by 1.1% after increasing by 0.7% in Jun.
  • Service inflation slowed to 0.7% in Jul, its weakest reading since Dec 2020, where the index also rose by 0.7%, while tobacco prices edged lower to 5.1%.
  • Food and energy prices accelerated to 0.8% and 12.4%, respectively, with energy prices rising to the highest level since Oct 2018.



Source: Insee

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