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Consumer prices increased by + 1.3% in December 2024 over one year, INSEE announced this Tuesday morning. For 2025, the national statistics institute expects a “gloomy” start to the year.
Consumer prices in France increased by 1.3% in December over one year, an identical development to that of November, INSEE indicated this Tuesday, January 7. In December, energy prices (+1.2%) recorded a slight rebound which was offset by the continued decline in manufactured products (-0.4%) and the stagnation of food prices ( 0.0%), according to the provisional estimate from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.
Prices of services, which represent more than half of the household consumption basket, increased by 2.3% year-on-year, as in November. Those of tobacco increased by 8.7%, also stable over one year compared to the previous month.
Over one month, consumer prices increased by 0.2% in December, according to the provisional estimate, after a decline of 0.1% in November. INSEE attributes it to the increase in prices of services, particularly transport, and petroleum products.
-The harmonized consumer price index (HICP), which allows comparisons between European countries, increased by 1.8% in December over one year, after 1.7% in November. It is up 0.2% over one month after – 0.1% in November.
For 2025, INSEE said in December that it foresees a “gloomy” start to the year for the French economy, while the government is trying to provide the country with a budget which would be marked by a budgetary effort of 50 billion euros. The institute sees inflation falling to 1% in June.
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