At its highest for 37 years in France, inflation could lead to an average additional cost of 90 euros per month for households, one third due to the rise in energy prices, one third from transport and one third from expected increase in the average basket in supermarkets. This is in any case the estimate of the Inflation Observatory of the magazine 60 million consumers, of which the NielsenIQ institute is a partner, made public on Wednesday.
This figure was established from the real weight of fuel, energy and consumer goods expenditure in the household budget, specifies the magazine. “With 20% increases, fuels already force an average payment of 27 euros more per month”, while energy bills, up 25%, “cause additional levies of an average amount of 32 euros per month “.
Finally, the “general increase of 7% in everyday consumer products, expected this summer, will lead to an additional expenditure of 30 euros per household each month”. This last item of expenditure necessarily varies according to the composition of the household, a family paying on average 38 euros more each month, against 21 euros for a couple without children, details the magazine.
Inflation accelerated again in France in May, to 5.2% over one year, exceeding the 5% mark for the first time since September 1985, according to an initial estimate published Tuesday by INSEE. The year-on-year rise in prices was 4.8% in April. And it’s not over: according to INSEE, it should reach 5.4% over one year in June.