PRICES AND WAGES  Euro-11 consumer-price inflation slowed to 0.8% in the year to December. Over the same period, Japanese consumer prices rose by 0.6%, but producer prices fell by 4.4%. French producer prices fell by 2.6%; Canada's edged down by 0.3%. Canadian wages rose by 0.8% in the year to November, a fall of 0.2% in real terms.