translate English to French: In the last three months of 1999, however, HICP inflation accelerated somewhat, mainly as a result of the increase in energy prices, reaching 2.4% in December 1999, 0.7 percentage point above the euro area average.
La formation brute réelle de capital fixe a crû de 8,1 % en 1998 et de 8,3 % en 1999.