After an increase of 5.6% on September 1, then 6.3% on October 1, the benchmark gas sales price will increase by 6.6% on November 1, standing at 194.90 euros including tax per megawatt hour on average. At the same time, the unions and employers who manage the Agirc-Arrco supplementary pension plan have decided to increase pensions by 1.4% from November 1.
This new increase weighs on the budgets of consumers attached to indexed offers, while households who have subscribed to a fixed price offer, representing around 40% of residential gas consumers at the end of 2025, will not be affected by this increase.
Finally, a new annual remuneration ceiling for the calculation of daily allowances in the event of a work accident or occupational illness comes into force this Saturday, a system put in place to achieve budgetary savings.
As for strategic stocks, the volumes released by Sagess, which manages these reserves for the State, will be published every week, as will the reduction in costs resulting from destocking.
In the banking sector, regulations are changing since now, for any new overdraft authorization, the bank will have to assess the customer's solvency, regardless of the overdraft amount requested.
On the fuel side, a drop in prices is envisaged and concerns non-road diesel used by farmers, fishermen, construction and public works companies, as well as domestic fuel oil.