PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) - French annual inflation rose
to a revised 7.3% in February from 7.0% in January, partly as a
result of higher food prices, according to final figures from
the INSEE statistics body on Wednesday.
The preliminary inflation figure for February released last
month was 7.2%.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who has said he expects
inflation to reach a peak this summer and then start to ease,
reached a deal earlier this month with the country's main
supermarket chains to help shoppers cope with food price
inflation.
France's inflation peak will come in the first half of this
year, French European Central Bank policymaker Francois Villeroy
de Galhau said last week, adding inflation across the euro zone
was still too high and remained the top priority for monetary
policy.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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