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The rate of return on the booklet A will drop to 1%
" announced the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, on the set of the TF1 television news.
Good news for the many French people who have placed part of their savings in this booklet.
This change will take effect on February 1.
The rate of the Livret d'Epargne Populaire will increase from 1.1% to 2.2%.
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The rise in the rate, stuck at 0.5%, was expected.
The latter is in fact partly determined by inflation, which has risen sharply in recent months.
Only the exact amount remained unknown.
Long sluggish, the rise in prices has reappeared in the euro zone.
It has even increased sharply in recent months +1.1% in July, +1.8% in August, +2.1% in September, +2.6% in October and finally +2.8% in November, according to INSEE figures.