30 October 2020
2020- n° 280In October 2020, consumer prices were stable year on year Consumer price index - provisional results - October 2020
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 13 November 2020.
Over a year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) should be stable in October 2020, for the second month in a row, according to the provisional estimate made at the end of the month. Compared to those of September, the food prices should be more dynamic year on year, whereas those of services should rise less. The prices of energy and those of manufactured goods should fall less than in the previous month.
Over one month, consumer prices should decrease by 0.1%, after –0.5% in the previous month. The food prices and those of energy should rebound after a fall in September. Those of services should decline less than in the previous month. The prices of tobacco should be stable. Those of manufactured goods should slow down strongly after a rebound in the last month.
Year on year, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices should be stable for the second month in a row. Over one month, it should decline by 0.1%, after –0.6% in the previous month.
tableauConsumer Price Indices
Weight 2020 | October 2019 | September 2020 | October 2020 (p) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
CPI - All items* | 10000 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Food | 1610 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
- Fresh food | 230 | -0.1 | 2.3 | 7.6 |
- Other food products | 1380 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Tobacco | 205 | 8.8 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
Energy | 808 | -1.6 | -8.0 | -7.7 |
Manufactured products | 2491 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
Services | 4886 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
HICP** - All items | 10000 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
- (p) provisional results
- *: Consumer Price Indices
- **: Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
tableauVariations in the consumer price index
12-month-rate | 1-month-rate | |
---|---|---|
2017-01 | 1.3 | -0.2 |
2017-02 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
2017-03 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
2017-04 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
2017-05 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
2017-06 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
2017-07 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
2017-08 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
2017-09 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
2017-10 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
2017-11 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
2017-12 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
2018-01 | 1.3 | -0.1 |
2018-02 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
2018-03 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
2018-04 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
2018-05 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
2018-06 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
2018-07 | 2.3 | -0.1 |
2018-08 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
2018-09 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
2018-10 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
2018-11 | 1.9 | -0.2 |
2018-12 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
2019-01 | 1.2 | -0.4 |
2019-02 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
2019-03 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
2019-04 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
2019-05 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
2019-06 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
2019-07 | 1.1 | -0.2 |
2019-08 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
2019-09 | 0.9 | -0.3 |
2019-10 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
2019-11 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
2019-12 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
2020-01 | 1.5 | -0.4 |
2020-02 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
2020-03 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
2020-04 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
2020-05 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
2020-06 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
2020-07 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
2020-08 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
2020-09 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
2020-10 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
graphiqueVariations in the consumer price index

- Geographical coverage: France excluding Mayotte.
- Source: INSEE - Consumer Price Indices.
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Definition
The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is designed for comparison of consumer price inflation between Members States of the European Union. It is computed for all households in France except Mayotte.
Publication of final results: 13 November 2020 at 8:45 am
Next publication: 27 November 2020 at 8:45 am
Documentation
Abbreviated Methodology (pdf,131 Ko)
How to compute a Consumer Price Index in the context of the Covid-19 crisis ? Provisional estimate-August 2020 (pdf,120 Ko)
Using scanner data from 2020 on : Impact on the CPI (pdf,216 Ko)
CPI : methodological changes for 2020 (pdf,139 Ko)
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Definition
The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is designed for comparison of consumer price inflation between Members States of the European Union. It is computed for all households in France except Mayotte.
Publication of final results: 13 November 2020 at 8:45 am
Next publication: 27 November 2020 at 8:45 am