2024-01-04 10:00:54
Inflation in France jumped slightly to 3.7% year-on-year in December, after 3.5% in November, due to “acceleration” prices of energy and services, according to provisional data published Thursday January 4 by the National Institute of Statistics.
Energy prices, representing less than a tenth of the household consumption basket, increased by 5.6% over one year in December (compared to 3.1% in November) notes INSEE, but would however be in decline. decrease over one month. Conversely, the prices of services, representing half of the consumer basket, are increasing, underlines the institute.
A mixed result
Food prices, which had been the main driver of inflation in 2023 with a peak of almost 16% in the spring, on the other hand continued to slow down, with an increase of 7.1% year-on-year in December ( compared to 7.7% in November). But the prices of fresh products followed the opposite trend, increasing by 8.8% in December, after 6.6% in November.
Prices of manufactured products slowed down, to +1.4% in December year-on-year, after +1.9%. The harmonized consumer price index, allowing European comparisons, also increased in December, to 4.1% year-on-year, compared to 3.9% in November.
The high level of inflation due to the energy transition
In December, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, estimated that the inflationary crisis caused by the repercussions of Covid and then the war in Ukraine was ” behind us “ in France, but that the level of inflation would remain “a little higher” than before the crisis, particularly due to the energy transition.
In its latest forecasts published in mid-December, INSEE expects inflation to be 4.9% on average annually in 2023 (after 5.2% in 2022), and 2.6% over one year next June. . The Banque de France predicted that inflation would reach 5.7% on annual average in 2023 and fall to 2.5% in 2024, measured here according to the harmonized consumer price index.
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