Informations Rapides · 12 September 2025 · n° 225

In August 2025, consumer prices rose by 0.4% over one month and by 0.9% year on year Consumer price index - final results - August 2025

In August 2025, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.4% over one month, after +0.2% in July. This rise in prices was mainly due to the rebound in manufactured products prices (+1.3% after ‑2.4%), notably those of clothing and footwear (+5.6% after ‑9.3%) due to the end of summer sales, and also to an increase in services prices (+0.2% after +1.3%). Food prices increased (+0.3% after being stable). On the opposite, energy prices fell back (‑0.2% after +0.9%). The prices of tobacco were stable over one month again.

Seasonally adjusted, consumer prices were stable in August 2025, after +0.2% in July.

Year on year, consumer prices went up by 0.9% in August 2025, after +1.0% in July. This slight decrease in inflation reflected a slowdown in services prices (+2.1% after +2.5%) and, to a lower extent, a sharper fall in manufactured products prices (‑0.3% after ‑0.2%). Conversely, energy prices declined less sharply (‑6.2% after ‑7.2%). Food prices increased at the same rate as in July (+1.6%) like those of tobacco (+4.0%).

Year on year, core inflation stood at +1.2% in August 2025, after +1.5% in July.

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increased by 0.5% over one month, after +0.3% in July. Year on year, it rose by 0.8%, after +0.9% in July.

Year on year, the prices of services rose by 2.1%, after +2.5% in July.

Over one year, the prices of transports fell back (‑1.9% after +3.7%) slowed by those of transport by road (‑2.6% after +1.9%), and by those of transport by train (‑2.3% after +0.9%) that have faced sharp increases in Île-de-France in August 2024 during the Olympic Games. Prices of airfares stopped rising (after +7.6%) over a year in July.

Communication services prices fell over a year at a lower pace than in July (‑10.2% after ‑11.3%).

The prices of “other services” slowed down slightly over a year (+3.2% after +3.3%), due to a slowdown in those of insurance services (+8.3% after +9.5%) and those of social protection (child care services, retirement homes for elderly persons and residences for disabled persons, services to maintain people in their private homes; +4.0% after +4.3%). Conversely, prices of cultural and recreational services accelerated (+2.1% after +1.9%) as those of accommodation services (+4.9% after +4.6%). Regarding catering prices, they rose over a year at the same rate as in July (+2.0%).

The prices of rent, water and household refuse collection slowed down slightly over a year (+2.5% after +2.6%).

Those of health services accelerated slightly (+1.6% after +1.5%).

Year on year, prices of energy fell by 6.2% in August 2025, after ‑7.2% in July.

The prices of petroleum products fell at a softer pace than in the previous month (‑3.6% after ‑5.4%), due to a lower fall in those of diesel (‑2.9% after ‑4.6%) and petrol (‑5.1% after ‑7.3%).

Gas prices rose sharper than in July (+6.5% after +5.7%), due to the VAT increase on subscriptions partly offset by a reduction in excise duties on consumption.

Electricity prices were down year on year at the same pace as in July (-13.6%), with the increase in VAT on subscriptions offset by a reduction in excise duties on consumption.

Year on year, food prices rose at the same rate as in July (+1.6%).

The prices of fresh products accelerated slightly over a year (+1.7% after +1.6%) due to a rebound in those of fresh vegetables (+1.7% after ‑1.0%). On the opposite, the prices of fresh fruits decelerated over a year (+4.4% after +5.5%), like those of fresh fish (+2.3% after +3.4%).

Excluding fresh product, the inflation of food was stable (+1.6%). The slowdown in prices of sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery over a year (+6.1% after +7.1%) and in those of alcoholic beverages (+0.2% after +0.4%) was offset by the accelerations in meat prices (+1.3% after +1.0%) and, to a lesser extent, in bread and cereals prices (+0.7% after +0.6%), in those of milk, cheese and eggs (+0.3% after +0.2%) and in those of non-alcoholic beverages (+9.1% after +9.0%).

Year on year, the prices of manufactured products fell by 0.3% in August after ‑0.2% in July.

The prices of clothing and footwear slowed down over a year (+1.4% after +1.9%): in July, the discounts during the sales were lower than the previous year.

“Other manufactured products” prices fell at a slightly faster pace than in July (‑0.2% after ‑0.1%) driven by a fall in furniture and furnishings prices (‑0.2% after a stability), in those of “other cultural and recreational durable goods” (‑0.7% after a stability) and by the slowdown in prices of newspapers, books and stationery (+1.7% after +2.1%). Conversely, the fall in non-durable household goods prices was softer (‑0.7% after ‑1.2%) like the one in those of major household appliances (‑1.2% after ‑2.0%) and small electric household appliances (‑2.2% after ‑4.4%). Concerning vehicles prices, they rose at the same rate as in July (+0.5%).

The prices of health products fell over a year at a weaker rate than in July (‑2.1% after ‑2.4%).

Compared to the provisional estimates published on 29 August 2025, both month-on-month and year-on-year changes in CPI and HICP have been confirmed.