Month-on-month consumer prices increased 0.8% in March, after a 1.0% increase in February, data from national statistics agency INSEE showed on Friday. German inflation also eased in March on the back of lower energy prices but still came in above forecast, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank to further tighten its monetary policy. (Reporting by GV De Clercq; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)
PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - Provisional official data
showed that year-on-year inflation in France slowed to 5.6% in
March from 6.3% in February, mainly due to lower energy prices
and despite higher prices for food, tobacco and manufactured
goods.
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