PARIS—French inflation climbed further from the previous month to a record high of 6.5 percent, according to official preliminary figures on Thursday, adding headwinds to the euro zone’s second-biggest economy.
The INSEE statistics agency said prices in June had risen by 0.8 percent from May, and that 12-month June preliminary inflation stood at 6.5 percent. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast preliminary annualised inflation in June at 6.3 percent.
