{
  "id": 1619110,
  "title": "Back to school: why supply prices are falling, but are expected to rise after September",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/rentree-scolaire-pourquoi-les-prix-des-fournitures-sont-en-baisse",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T03:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde Economie",
    "slug": "le-monde-economie",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/08/18/rentree-scolaire-pourquoi-les-prix-des-fournitures-sont-en-baisse-mais-devraient-augmenter-apres-septembre_6748682_3234.html"
  },
  "original_language": "fr",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The payment of the back-to-school allowance to eligible families on Tuesday 18 August marks the start of the season for buying school bags, notebooks, folders and pens. Sales are nevertheless declining despite interesting offers, while tensions in the Middle East are expected to revive inflation on these products at the end of the year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}