France CPI: overall excluding energy
France CPI: overall excluding energy stood at 101.63 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 Jan 1996 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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| Index | |||||||||||
| All households - Overall excepting energy | 101.63 | 102.31 | 101.91 | 101.51 | 101.4 | 101.32 | 100.61 | 100.31 | 99.67 | 100.09 | |
| All households - Overall excepting tobacco | 103.07 | 103.35 | 102.67 | 102.09 | 102.37 | 102.24 | 101.18 | 100.2 | 99.57 | 99.95 |
Understanding france CPI: overall excluding energy
Excluding all forms of power, heating fuels, and electricity from the headline calculation yields this specialized core measure of consumer prices. It retains food items, manufactured goods, and all service sectors while stripping away utility and petroleum price swings that typically experience severe global market shocks. This configuration allows analysts to observe underlying consumer price movements without the distortion caused by volatile energy commodities.
Evaluating this metric involves noting that while energy is removed, seasonal patterns in fresh food and annual service repricing events still influence the monthly path. Early flash estimates for this series are robust against later revisions because the excluded energy sector often accounts for the largest preliminary data adjustments. Year-on-year percentage changes provide the most honest reflection of persistent inflation trends, avoiding the noise of monthly utility tariff adjustments. Comparing this aggregate with the headline index highlights the direct contribution of power and fuel markets to overall household expenses.
Frequently asked questions
- Which specific components are stripped out to create this index?
- All electricity, gas, heating fuels, and petroleum products are excluded from the calculation.
- Why is this measure considered useful by economic analysts?
- It removes volatile energy shocks to reveal underlying domestic inflation trends.
- Do early estimates for this index experience frequent revisions?
- Revisions are generally smaller than those in the full headline index because the most volatile energy data has been removed.