Over a year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) should hardly slow down in February 2018: +1.2% after +1.3% in the previous month, according to the provisional estimate made at the end of February 2018. This slowdown in the year-on-year inflation should result from a lesser rise in prices of services, food and tobacco. The "manufactured product" prices should slightly rise and those of energy should increase at the same pace as in the previous month.

Over one month, consumer prices should be unchanged after a downturn of 0.1% in January. Food prices should edge down, in the wake of fresh product prices. Those of "manufactured product" should decrease again, but less markedly than in January. Services prices should slow down. Lastly, energy prices should be stable, the decrease in petroleum product prices being offset by a rise in gas and electricity prices.