May 29 (Reuters) - French consumer prices rose less than expected in May, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Friday. France's harmonized inflation rate, adjusted for comparison ...

France’s annual consumer inflation rate accelerated to a preliminary 2.4% in May 2026, up from 2.2% in April, according to provisional data released by the statistics agency INSEE on Friday. While the ...

French inflation was stable in July at a level well below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, supporting the case for policymakers to keep the door open to more interest-rate cuts. The reading came ...

In France, inflation stood at 0.3% year-on-year in January, down from 0.8% in December. According to the harmonised index, it reached 0.4%, compared with 0.7% the previous month. Such a low level had ...

The Bank of France cut its forecast for French inflation next year to well below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, adding to signals encouraging policymakers to pursue interest-rate cuts. The ...

Markets are overwhelmingly pricing in a rate hike from the central bank at its next meeting.

PARIS, May 4 (Reuters) - ⁠Bank ⁠of France ⁠Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday he ‌expected the inflation rate ‌to return ⁠to ⁠2% in 2027-2028 after a spike this year triggered by ...

Conflict in the Middle East has pushed inflation higher for the first time in 2025 and weakened confidence in the eurozone, according to data released Friday. Consumer prices were 0.8% higher in ...

Inflation in both France and Spain crept up for the first time this year in June, as energy prices picked up in response to an intensification of conflict in the Middle East. Consumer prices were 0.8% ...