By CNBC (World News) | Created at 2024-09-27 07:15:23 | Updated at 2024-09-30 05:24:07
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A woman takes a selfie photo, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, at Surcouf street in Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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France's harmonized inflation rate fell sharply in September, preliminary data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee) showed Friday.
Harmonized consumer prices in the euro zone's second-largest economy came in at 1.5% in September, down from 2.2% in August.
The reading, which came in below the 2.0% expectations of economists surveyed by Reuters, is likely to ramp up pressure on European Central Bank policymakers to take measures to stimulate the broader economy.
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