French inflation slows to 0.4% in January
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Shoppers walk with shopping bags as they take care of their last-minute Christmas holiday gift purchases outside department stores in Paris, France, December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Feb 18 (Reuters) - Consumer prices in France rose 0.4% year-on-year in January, statistics office INSEE said on Wednesday, matching the preliminary reading published earlier this month and a Reuters poll of analysts.
The EU-harmonised inflation rate in the bloc's second biggest economy slowed in January, compared with the December reading of 0.7%.
(Reporting by Dimitri Rhodes in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
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