30 March 2018
2018- n° 85In March 2018, consumer prices increased by 1.5% year on year Consumer price index - provisional results - March 2018
Over a year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) should accelerate in March 2018: +1.5% after +1.2% in the previous month, according to the provisional estimate made at the end of the month. This rise in the year-on-year inflation should result from an acceleration in prices of services, food products and tobacco. Energy prices should increase less markedly than in the previous month. On the other hand, the “manufactured product” prices should edge down in the wake of clothing and footwear prices.
Over a year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) should accelerate in March 2018: +1.5% after +1.2% in the previous month, according to the provisional estimate made at the end of the month. This rise in the year-on-year inflation should result from an acceleration in prices of services, food products and tobacco. Energy prices should increase less markedly than in the previous month. On the other hand, the “manufactured product” prices should edge down in the wake of clothing and footwear prices.
Over one month, consumer prices should recover sharply: +1.0% after a stability in the previous month. This increase should come from a rebound in “manufactured product” prices after the end of winter sales and from a sharp rise in tobacco prices. Services prices should accelerate, as well as those of food because of fresh products. On the other hand, energy prices should be down this month.
Year on year, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices should accelerate in March (+1.7%) after a slowdown in the previous month (+1.3% in February after +1.5%). Over one month, it should rise sharply (+1.1%) after a stability in February.
Warning: These provisional results are only preliminary data. Accordingly, they should not be used for contractual revaluations. The indices published here are based on a limited set of price observations and from estimates of some rates of change for fares which are not yet available. The complete results will be published on 12 April 2018.
tableauTable – Consumer Price Indices
| Weight 2018 | March 2017 | Feb. 2018 | March 2018 (p) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI - All items* | 10000 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Food | 1627 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| - Fresh food | 243 | 4.6 | −1.3 | 2.8 |
| - Other food products | 1384 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Tobacco | 193 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 16.6 |
| Energy | 777 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| Manufactured products | 2594 | −1.0 | 0.1 | −0.4 |
| Services | 4809 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| HICP** - All items | 10000 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
- (p) provisional results
- *: Consumer Price Indexes
- **: Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
graphiqueGraph – Variations in the consumer price index
- Geographical coverage: France excluding Mayotte
- Source: INSEE - Consumer Price Indices
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