April 15 (Reuters) – Consumer prices in France rose 2.0% year-on-year in March, statistics office INSEE said on Wednesday, slightly above analysts’ expectations and a preliminary reading of a 1.9% rise published earlier this month.
The EU-harmonised inflation rate in the bloc’s second biggest economy accelerated in March, compared with the February reading of 1.1%.
(Reporting by Dimitri Rhodes in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
