PARIS: French consumer prices remained stable in May, giving a year-on-year inflation rate of 0.9 percent, final EU-harmonised data released on Thursday from the INSEE national statistics office showed. The 12-month rate was in line with a flash estimate of 0.9 percent from INSEE
French EU-harmonised inflation fell to a historical low of -0.8 percent in July 2009 and hit an all-time high of 4.0 percent in July 2008, according to INSEE’s records going back to 1991.