French retail prices rose a confirmed 0.2pct in May compared with a 0.5 pct rise in April and 0.2 pct in
May last year, the National Statistics Institute (INSEE) said.
    The rise took the year-on-year inflation rate to 3.4 pct in
May from 3.5 pct in April, and brought cumulative inflation
over the first five months of this year to 2.0 pct compared
with 0.7 pct for the same period of 1986.
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