France CPI month-on-month: overall excl. tobacco and rents
France CPI month-on-month: overall excl. tobacco and rents stood at -0.3% in Sep 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Consumer price index table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Feb 2015 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Consumer price index table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
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| Month-on-month change | |||||||||||
| All households - Overall excepting tobacco and rents | -0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.6 | -0.4 | 0.1 | |
| All households - Food | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Understanding france CPI month-on-month: overall excl. tobacco and rents
The complete consumer basket stripped of both tobacco items and alcoholic beverages forms this specialized broad-based gauge, capturing the remaining spectrum of goods and services. By excising products subject to heavy excise duties and distinct government-regulated pricing schedules, the index reveals underlying consumption costs across housing, food, energy, transport, and general services. It retains all other household purchases to reflect core consumer expenditure habits.
Analysts rely on this specific formulation to bypass volatility induced by frequent tax adjustments on smoking and drinking products. Month-on-month comparisons highlight underlying inflationary pressures without the noise of fiscal policy interventions. When evaluating this measure against headline inflation, divergences point directly to the scale of excise duty changes implemented over the reporting period.
Frequently asked questions
- Why are tobacco and rents excluded from this specific calculation?
- Tobacco carries heavy excise volatility, while rents follow distinct administrative indexation rules that can distort broad trends.
- Does this series still include food and energy products?
- Yes, food and energy remain inside this aggregate, unlike standard core inflation measures which strip them out.
- How does this index differ from standard headline inflation?
- It removes specific tax-heavy and administratively bound items to offer a cleaner view of unadjusted market dynamics.