FRENCH INFLATION CONFIRMED AT 0.2 PCT IN MAY French retail prices rose a confirmed 0.2 pct in May compared with a 0.5 pct rise in April and 0.2 pct in May last year, the National Statistics Institute (INSEE) said. The rise took the year-on-year inflation rate to 3.4 pct in May from 3.5 pct in April, and brought cumulative inflation over the first five months of this year to 2.0 pct compared with 0.7 pct for the same period of 1986.