The increase in prices in France in June reached 2.2% over a year, or 0.1 points less than in May, but the slowdown is less marked than what an initial estimate (2.1%) suggested, indicated this Friday, July 12 INSEE.
Prices increased only slightly in June compared to May (+0.1%), reports the National Institute of Statistics (INSEE). The increase in the prices of services (+0.3% over one month) and manufactured products was “largely offset” by a drop in the prices of energy (-0.8%) and food (-0.2%). In particular, the price of petroleum products continues to fall significantly (-1.9% compared to May).
At its lowest since September 2022
Inflation, at its lowest since September 2022, is thus resuming its slow decline which began last summer, after a slight rebound in May, when it increased by 0.1 points compared to April.
The price of services – a component that accounts for more than half of the consumer price index – rose by 2.9% year-on-year in June, compared to 2.8% in May. Price increases are moving ever closer to the 2% target set by the European Central Bank (ECB), the limit below which inflation returns to more usual levels compared to those experienced in France and Europe from mid-2021. The European benchmark indicator, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), rose by 2.5% year-on-year in June, after rising by 2.6% in May.