What trends should be taken into account when preparing budgets, pricing and investments for the coming year? This new framework clarifies the economic situation and will be supplemented by the publication of the «2020 costs» (usually released in November).

In a clearly deteriorating global context, the French economy continues to grow. At +0.3% in the second quarter, French GDP growth remains on track for an expected annual rate of +1.3% for 2019, while overall forecasts are being revised downwards, both in Europe and globally.

Operating costs for road freight transport (RFT) over the past year have seen inflation of between +1.8% and +1.9% excluding diesel (depending on the speciality).