2023-12-28 16:24:29
After two years of high inflation, the French budget risks further suffering in 2024. Beyond the increase in mutual insurance prices (+ 8.1%) or property tax (+ 3.9% at least) , your electricity bill will increase further from February 1st. The government promised that the increase would be contained to a maximum of 10%, which would still represent an average annual surplus of 130 euros for households. The green stamp will increase from 1.16 to 1.29 euros, while most packs of 20 cigarettes will cross the symbolic bar of 12 euros.
Motorists will also be impacted with tolls expected to increase on February 1, between 2.71% (Cofiroute, ASF and Escota) and 3.87% (Fréjus tunnel). On motorways managed by Sanef, expect average increases of 2.79%, 3.02% on the APRR network, 3.04% on AREA, 3.08% on SAPN and 3.23% for the Mont Blanc tunnel.
At the pump, prices are rather reasonable at the end of the year (with a liter of diesel, for example, at 1.74 euros, where it was close to 2 euros in the fall). But the balance remains fragile. If they were to flare up again, and exceed an “alert threshold”, a “worker fuel allowance” of 100 euros would however be paid in 2024. It would concern 60% of workers who must use their vehicle. Provided you claim it on the tax website. Furthermore, the TotalEnergies group announced an extension of the cap at 1.99 euros per liter until the end of 2024.
In return, the repair bonus doubles
On the supermarket side, prices should ease somewhat on the shelves after having reached their peaks over the last eighteen months. “We are going to break the pace of inflation, we are going to bring it down to just 2% by 2024,” said Michel-Édouard Leclerc on Friday on RMC-BFM. The president of the strategic committee of the centers E.Leclerc even promises “obvious pockets of decline from February-March”.
Other good news is that the bonus granted for the repair of defective electronic products and household appliances doubles from January 1, i.e. 50 euros for a washing machine or 60 euros for a television. Objective: to encourage the French to no longer systematically throw away a broken device in the trash. And for those who start carpooling, they will still be able to benefit from the 100 euro bonus, implemented in 2023 and renewed next year. So many virtuous gestures that pay off.
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