In April 2017, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) was at a standstill (+0.1% over a month after +0.6% in March). Seasonally adjusted, it was stable, as in the previous month. Year on year, consumer prices accelerated barely, to +1.2% after +1.1% in the previous month.

Over a month, this marked slowdown came from that, seasonal, of manufactured product prices. Energy and food prices fell again, but less than in the previous month. Contrariwise, services prices accelerated a little, due to a sharp rebound in transport services prices.

In April 2017, manufactured product prices slackened sharply (+0.1% after +2.5%). Year on year, the fall in prices eased again (−0.7% after −1,0% in March and −1.6% in February). Seasonally in April, clothing and footwear prices slowed down (+0.9% after +14.5%; −0.1% year on year). The prices of "other manufactured products" were stable after an increase of 0.6% in the previous month