After the shadow of the Covid-19 on the start of the school year, it is the turn of inflation to give cold sweats to the most precarious households.
This reached 6.1% on average over one year in July.
While many are already finding solutions to try to spend less, the start of the school year, synonymous with heavy expenses that are impossible to avoid, can be worrying.
But families can be reassured: in addition to the Back to School Allowance, which fell on Tuesday August 16, they should spend a little less this year.
According to a study by the CSF, the return to school would cost 2.64% less, because inflation has not affected supplies much and there are no masks or gel to provide this year.
However, as of September, prices are expected to skyrocket, due to the restocking of supplies.
Additional expenses, such as sportswear for a college student, should also remain high.
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Students, in particular, are hit even harder by inflation, as their highest expense item is rent, followed by food.
According to FAGE, their return should cost them 7.38% more, or “a historic price spike”.
As if to confirm, at Linkee, an association for the distribution of food baskets for students, we testify: “Today, we give 300 to 500 baskets per distribution.
One or two years ago, it was 100”.
