Over a year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) should rise by 4.8% in August 2023, after +4.3% in the previous month, according to the provisional estimate made at the end of the month. This increase in inflation should result from a rebound in energy prices. The prices of food should slow down (for the fifth consecutive month), and also to a lesser extent, those of manufactured goods and services. Over one month, consumer prices should increase by 1.0% in August 2023, after +0.1% in July. The prices of energy should recover due to the increase in petroleum product prices and in regulated electricity prices since 1st ... (full story)