In May, households expenditure in manufactured goods decreased by 0.2% after + 0.5% in April, measured in chained volumes (trading days and seasonally adjusted figures).
In April, expenditure in durables slowed down (+0.7% after +1.9% in April), because expenditure in equipment goods went down (-0.8% after +0.5%).
In May, consumption expenditure in textile-leather kept declining (-1.4% after -0.2%).
Finally, household consumption in other manufactured goods slightly decreased (-0.3% after -0.1%).
| billion euros, seasonally adjusted and working-day adjusted data, at chain-linked previous year prices | |||||
| Trading day and seasonally adjusted figures. | |||||
| (1) Retail goods exclude automobiles, tyres, spare parts and medical products. | |||||
| Durables: transport and home equipment. | |||||
| Other manufactured goods: medical products, tyres, automobile spare parts, edition (prints, records, etc.), DIY, watches and jewellery, perfumes and cosmetics, cameras and miscellaneous. | |||||
| Source : INSEE | |||||
| May 2008 | April 2009 | May 2009 | change in 1 month (%) | change in 1 year (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufactured goods | 22.013 | 21.699 | 21.661 | -0.2 | -1.6 |
| of which: "retail goods" (1) | 15.856 | 15.423 | 15.301 | -0.8 | -3.5 |
| Durables | 8.637 | 8.587 | 8.646 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| automobiles | 2.910 | 2.886 | 2.954 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| household durables | 5.690 | 5.652 | 5.608 | -0.8 | -1.4 |
| Textiles-leather | 4.132 | 3.987 | 3.934 | -1.4 | -4.8 |
| Other manufactured goods | 9.415 | 9.309 | 9.282 | -0.3 | -1.4 |
n° 164 - June 23, 2009
Household consumption expenditure on goods - May 2009
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