Inflation: towards an income distribution conflict

IWe will have to relearn how to manage a world of high inflation. Friday 1^er April, Eurostat announced that prices should have increased by 5.1% in March compared to March 2021. A significant acceleration in their increase. In February, the latter reached 4.2%. The effects of the war in Ukraine added to the waltz of labels already at work before the Russian offensive. The French find themselves hit in the wallet, even if the rise in prices remains more contained in France compared to many other countries in the euro zone. In Germany, prices accelerated by 7.6%.

The price shield, which blocked regulated gas prices from October and capped the increase in electricity at +4%, helped to mitigate the shock. Nevertheless, the ends of m…