Inflation slowed in September, to 5.6% over one year, according to figures published this Friday by INSEE.
Household consumption remained completely stable in August.
In August, inflation had reached 5.9% over one year, again according to INSEE.
"Taking into account the latest price readings at the end of the month has resulted in a less marked slowdown in energy prices and a more sustained acceleration in food prices," explained the National Institute of Statistics.
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The evolution of the harmonized index, which serves as a basis for comparison at European level, had also been corrected by INSEE (+0.1 point compared to the first estimate, to reach 6.6% over one year in august).
In mid-September, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire had stressed that the gradual withdrawal of support schemes (fuel discount, increase in gas and electricity prices by 15% on January 1, 2023) would result in inflation “high” in “December, January, February 2023”.
"We do not expect any improvement on the inflation front before sometime in 2023," he said.
