Inflation accelerated to 6.2% in February, according to INSEELe FigaroInflation passes the 6% mark in February in FranceThe echoesSlightly up, inflation reached 6.2% in FebruaryPointFrance: inflation started to rise again in February, to 6.2% over one yearThe Tribune.frFrance: slight acceleration of inflation in FebruaryBoursoramaSee full coverage on Google Newssource site
She seems impossible to stop. After easing very slightly, to 5.9% in December and 6% in January, inflation returned to its level of autumn 2022, standing at 6.2% over one year in February . "This slight rise in inflation is due to the acceleration in the prices of food and services", explains the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee), which observes, on the contrary, a slowdown in rising energy prices.Since consumer prices took off in 2022, the inflation...
Immigrant women residing in metropolitan France in 2019-2020 have fewer children. This is what emerges from the latest INSEE report entitled How many children do immigrant women have?, published on Tuesday. According to the Institute of Statistics, the number of childbirths per immigrant woman born between 1970 and 1974 is falling sharply, compared to that of women born outside French borders between 1950 and 1954: the former have an average of 2.27 children in their lifetime, compared to 2.94 for...
We're not there yet, but we're continuing on the right track. Women earned on average nearly 15% less than men in the private sector in 2021, but the gap is narrowing, according to an INSEE study published on Thursday.In a context of inflation (+1.6%) in 2021, the statistical institute shows that the average net salary of women in the private sector decreased by 1%, after a rise of 3.8% in 2020 qualified as " trompe-l'oeil "due to the health crisis...
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the unemployment rate remained rather stable, at 7.2% of the active population in France (excluding Mayotte) against 7.3% in the third, according to figures published by INSEE on Tuesday. The number of unemployed, according to the definition of the International Labor Office (ILO) reached 2.2 million people, or 45,000 less compared to the previous quarter, adds INSEE in its press release.The unemployment rate for the 4th quarter is thus 0.3 points lower than its...
In a gloomy economic context, consumption is falling. Household consumption expenditure on goods fell by 1.3% in France in December, notably weighed down by purchases of food products down 1.7%, INSEE said on Tuesday.In a context of sharp price increases (around 6% over one year), "over the whole of the fourth quarter of 2022, household consumption of goods fell by 1.9%", specifies the National Institute of Statistics and economic studies (INSEE).In November, the indicator rose by 0.6% (a variation revised...
The pie is not evenly distributed. Heritage is shared very unequally in France where half of the population holds 92% of assets, according to a survey published this Wednesday by INSEE. At the start of 2021, half of households had gross wealth (before repayment of loans) of more than 177,200 euros, specifies the National Institute of Statistics.The richest 1% have a gross wealth of more than 2.24 million euros. For the 10% best endowed, it exceeds 716,300 euros. The poorest...
In December, inflation slowed to 5.9% over one year in France according to the latest INSEE figures published on Wednesday. In November, inflation was 6.2% in November. However, this decline may only be temporary, as the National Institute of Statistics warned last month that inflation is expected to peak at 7% in early 2023, before declining more sustainably from March.Over a year, inflation continues to be driven by the rise in energy prices, which jumped by 15.1%, and that of...
Estimates from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee) have fallen. The unemployment rate remained almost stable in the third quarter of 2022 at 7.3% of the active population in France (excluding Mayotte) against 7.4% in the second, according to numbers published Tuesday by INSEE.The number of unemployed as defined by the International Labor Office (ILO) reached 2.252 million people, or 17,000 less compared to the previous quarter. “The unemployment rate has fluctuated between 7.3 and 7.4% since...
A new study promises a long life for French newborns. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee), girls born in 2022 would live on average 93 years and boys 90 years.Women and men aged 65 in 2022 would live on average a little shorter: up to 89 and 86 years respectively. The uncertainty about the mean age at death is low for the elderly but increases for the youngest. According to the assumptions, girls born in...
