France Personal Spending

Last Release

Feb 29, 2024

Actual

Units In

-0.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 30, 2024

Time to Release

29 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
35.3 May 2020	-18.9 Apr 2020	0.12 %	1980-2024	N/A

In France, household consumption refers to household expenditure on goods only, providing a short-term information of household consumption behavior relevant for economic analysis. Household consumption expenditure on goods accounted in 2010 for nearly 95 percent of total effective consumption in current euros and accounted for 50 percent of household consumption expenditure on goods and services.

Latest Updates

Household consumption in France stagnated from a month earlier in February 2024, following an upwardly revised 0.6% fall in the previous month. Consumption for manufactured goods (0.5% vs -2.1% in January) rebounded, boosted by higher purchases of durable goods (1.4% vs -4.4%). Moreover, food consumption (0.8% vs 0.2%) increased, due to increased purchases of almost all food goods, except for purchases of oils and fats. Meanwhile, energy consumption (-2.7% vs 1.3%) tumbled, dragged down by a fall in electricity & gas consumption.