studies diverge on the numbers

INSEE figures seem to corroborate Emmanuel Macron’s assertions on the increase in the purchasing power of the middle classes. Only other existing figures, published a month ago by the Institute of Public Policies, contradict the version of the President of the Republic. “They also show that the purchasing power of the French has increased, but beware, this time not for everyone. The lowest 5% are the big losers of the five-year term, with a standard of living that would have fallen 0.5% “ explains our journalist Julien Nény on the 13 Hours set. According to the same figures, the richest 1% see their standard of living increase by 2.8%.

The divergence in the figures proposed by the two institutes is due to a difference in methods. “The IPP is interested in finer categories of the population and only takes into account the measures decided on since the 1st day of the Macron five-year term. While at INSEE, they also include the measures decided before, but whose results may influence the current mandate, such as the increase in the RSA for example “, says Julien Nény.