France’s construction cost index up 6.8 percent in Q3 2011

According to the data released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's construction cost index in the third quarter of 2011 rose 6.84 percent year on year, while it grew two percent as compared to the previous quarter. In the second quarter of 2011, the index had increased by 2.5 percent quarter on quarter and was up five percent year on year.