German, French inflation rises in September | International

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Inflation in Germany andFrance, the eurozone's biggest economies, rose in September, data showedTuesday, fuelling expectations the European Central Bank (ECB) will not makefurther interest rate cuts in coming months. Annual inflation in Germany, Europe's top economy, came in at 2.4 percentaccording to preliminary data from federal statistics agency Destatis, upfrom 2.2 percent the previous month. The figure, slightly above analyst estimates, was driven by increasing costsfor services and goods. Under the "harmonised" metric favoured by the ECB, consumer prices also roseby 2.4 percent, up from 2.2 percent in August. French annual inflation accelerated to 1.2 percent in September, up from 0.9percent in August, also driven by rising services costs, according to theINSEE statistics...