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French preliminary inflation at 0.9% in July, slightly above forecast
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Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
French inflation reached 0.9% in July, surpassing the 0.8% forecast, according to INSEE's preliminary data.
(Reuters) -French consumer prices rose slightly more than anticipated in July, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Thursday.
France's harmonised inflation rate, adjusted for comparison with other euro zone countries, was +0.9% year-on-year in July.
A Reuters poll of 18 analysts had on average expected a rate of +0.8%, with estimates ranging from +0.4% to +1.0%.
(Reporting by Michal Aleksandrowicz)
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