After months of decline, inflation has risen slightly again: these products became more expensive or cheaper

Apart from energy prices, life is still becoming significantly more expensive. If you don’t take the decreased energy prices into account, life is still 5.95 percent more expensive than a year ago. This can be seen in the graph above by the dark line: that of core inflation.

Core inflation is the figure that does not take into account the price evolution of energy products and unprocessed food. That line is still a downward trend: where core inflation was 6.55 percent last month, it has now fallen to 5.95 percent.

Meanwhile, food inflation remains high: while food inflation was 8.98 percent last month, it has fallen slightly this month to 8.22 percent. In the meantime, electricity (+1.7 percent) and especially natural gas (+10.8 percent) have become more expensive again this month than last month. Fortunately, energy inflation is now -32.90 percent compared to November 2022.