French producer price inflation eased to 2.6% in June, retreating from May's three year high

France's national statistics institute (INSEE) reported on Friday, 31 July 2026, that the country's domestic producer prices rose 2.6% in June 2026 from June a year earlier. The rate stood at a revised 3.1% in May, which was the highest level of French producer price inflation in three years. The Trading Economics forecast for June was 2.7%.

On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 0.6% in June, after a revised minus 0.2% in May. French producer price inflation has averaged 1.89% since 1996, with an all time high of 29.5% in August 2022 and a record low of minus 8.2% in March 2024.

The data was published on the same day that France's preliminary July consumer inflation accelerated from 1.8% to 2.1%. Easing producer inflation in June set against accelerating consumer inflation in July suggests the fresh price pressure is coming more from energy and services than from the industrial production chain.