French inflation rises to 3.4% in September, highest since January 2024

October 15, 2026 2:47 AM EDT

A shopper pays with a ten Euro bank note at a local market in Nantes, France, April 3, 2026. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Oct ‌15 (Reuters) - Consumer ​prices ​in France rose ‌3.4% year-on-year in September ⁠on an ‌EU-harmonised basis, statistics ‌office INSEE said on Thursday, in line ​with a preliminary reading ⁠from late September.

The harmonised ​inflation rate in the bloc's second-biggest ​economy — adjusted ‌for comparison with other ⁠euro zone countries — accelerated in ⁠September compared with the ​August reading of 2.6% and was at ‌its highest level since January ‌2024.

(Reporting ⁠by Mateusz ‌Rabiega in ​Gdansk, editing by Milla ‌Nissi-Prussak)



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