Inflation slowed slightly in December, to 5.9%.
A month earlier, prices posted increases of 6.2% over one year, according to figures published on Wednesday by INSEE.
The easing of energy prices explains this decline.
In November, they jumped 18.4%, before falling to 15.1% in December.
The landing should, barring bad surprises, continue.
This week, the price of gas has indeed fallen to its lowest since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, with a megawatt hour sold for just over 70 euros, against 88 euros in February 2022, just before the invasion of the Ukraine.
At its highest, in August, the price of gas exceeded 300 euros per megawatt hour.
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