Go to contents
Go to main menu
Go to engine search
top-cross links

In November, households’ consumption in goods decreased very slightly (–0.1%)

In November, households’ expenditure in goods decreased by 0.1% in volume*, after having increased by 0.1% in October. On the one hand, consumption of car purchases bounced. But on the other hand, consumption of textile-leather and expenditure in energy products decreased.

[* Volumes are chained and all figures are trading days and seasonally adjusted.]

Engineered goods : slightly increasing

Durables : increasing

Households’ expenditure in durables increased in November (+1.5%), after the decrease in October (-0.3%). This is due to car purchases which bounced (+3.2% after -1.1% in October), on the new and second hand markets. Expenditure in household durables nevertheless declined (-0.5% after +0.9%).

Textile-leather : decreasing

Purchases in textile and leather decreased in November (-2.1%) after an increase the previous month (+3.7%).

Other engineered goods : slightly decreasing

Consumption expenditure in other engineered goods slightly decreased in November (-0.5%, after +1.0% in October). Those in hardware are notably in sharp decline.

Total consumption of goods

Total consumption of goods

Food and engineered goods

Food and engineered goods

Decomposition of engineered goods

Decomposition of engineered goods

Food products : slightly decreasing

Consumption in food products slightly decreased in November (–0.1% after -0.2% in October). Expenditures in tobacco notably continued to decline, related to an increase of tobacco prices mid-October.

Energy : decreasing too

With mild temperatures in comparison to normal seasonal levels, consumption of energy products decreased again in November (–0.8% after –1.1% in October), mainly because of a drop in expenditures in fuel and electricity. .

The evolution of household consumption in goods in October is revised to +0.1% instead of 0.0%.

The increase of household consumption in goods is now estimated at +0.1% in October, instead of a stability estimated the previous month.

This revision is notably due to the integration of new information concerning expenditure in health products, as well as the revision of seasonality.

Energy

Energy
Households consumption expenditures in goods
In chained billion euros
Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov.11/
2011 2011 2011 Nov.10
Food products 14.697 14.661 14.644
Change (%) 0.6 –0.2 –0.1 0.0
Engineered goods 20.477 20.649 20.689
change (%) 0.4 0.8 0.2 –1.9
Of which:
Automobiles 4.880 4.828 4.980
Change (%) 2.7 –1.1 3.2 –5.1
Household durables 5.057 5.100 5.077
Change (%) 1.1 0.9 –0.5 1.4
Textile-leather 3.778 3.918 3.837
Change (%) –2.6 3.7 –2.1 0.0
Other engineered goods 5.731 5.786 5.757
Change (%) 0.0 1.0 –0.5 0.6
Energy 6.368 6.297 6.249
Change (%) –2.7 –1.1 –0.8 –6.9
Including petroleum products 3.892 3.860 3.838
Change (%) –3.9 –0.8 –0.6 –8.0
Total 41.493 41.537 41.502
Change (%) –0.1 0.1 –0.1 –2.1
Manufactured goods 36.034 36.128 36.112
Change (%) 0.1 0.3 0.0 –1.8

Informations Rapides

n° 2 - January 4, 2012

Household consumption expenditure on goods - November 2011

Next issue June 28, 2013 08:45 - May 2013

For further information

New

Since July 2009, display of the Informations Rapides has changed.