Consumer inflation in France rose from 6% in January to 6.2% in February 2023. Such preliminary data published On the website of the press service of the French National Institute of Statistics (Insee).
Analysts surveyed by the DailyFx portal predicted a 6.1% price increase. In February 2022, annual inflation was 3.6%.
In the first half of February, the newspaper Le Monde cited data from the research company IRI. WroteFood prices in France increased by an average of 13.8% in January 2023 compared to January 2022.
French President Emmanuel Macron last week discussed to national oil companies with a call to reintroduce the fuel cut to support citizens in the face of rising inflation and energy costs.
France 3 TV channel at the beginning of January knowledgeable about a sharp rise in water prices in France due to the increase in the cost of energy resources. Tariffs increased to 60%. On average, a cubic meter of water costs 4.3 € – one euro per family per day.