France: inflation slows in March, to +2.3% over one year, announces INSEE

2024-03-29T08:11:05.539Z

Highlights: France: inflation slows in March, to +2.3% over one year, announces INSEE. Inflation also slowed over one month in March. “This slowdown is due to the slight drop in energy prices, particularly gas and petroleum products,” notes the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies in a press release. More information is available at: http://www.indes.org/news/economy/inflation-slows-in-March-to- +2-3-percent-over-one-year.

Inflation slowed in France to +2.3% year-on-year in March, after +3.0% in February, according to provisional data communicated on Friday by INSEE, which cites a "slowing down"; rising prices for food, services, tobacco, energy and manufactured products.