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In Q3, French GDP accelerated (+0.3% after –0.1%) while households’ purchasing power was flat (+0.0% after +0.6%)

Quarterly national accounts - Detailed results Q3 2011

In 2011 Q3, French GDP* renewed with growth increasing by 0.3% after a step back in Q2 (–0.1%).

Households’ consumption expenditure increased anew (+0.3% after –1.0%). Gross fixed capital formation’s rise continued though less rapidly than the previous quarter (+0.2% after +0.6%). Overall, total domestic demand (excluding changes in inventories) drove GDP up: +0.2 point after –0.4 point.

Imports upturned (+0.7% after –1.0%) and increased almost at the same pace as exports (+0.8% after +0.7%). Hence, foreign trade balance was neutral on GDP growth, after contributing for +0.5 point the previous quarter.

Finally, changes in inventories contributed positively to GDP growth: +0.1 point after –0.4 point in Q2.

GDP growth estimation is scaled down

GDP growth estimation for Q3 is scaled down by 0.1 point, from +0.4% in the previous publication to +0.3%. This revision is due to the revision of some indicators available in First Results (notably for production) and to the integration of data released since then (mainly the turnover indices for September in replacement of extrapolations).

GDP and its main components

GDP and its main components
GOODS AND SERVICES: SUPPLY AND USES CHAIN-LINKED VOLUMES
percentage change from previous period,trading-days and seasonally adjusted data
2010 Q4 2011 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2010 2011 (ovhg)
GDP 0.4 0.9 -0.1 0.3 1.4 1.7
Imports -0.1 3.0 -1.0 0.7 8.3 5.4
Households' consumption expenditure 0.4 0.2 -1.0 0.3 1.3 0.3
General government's consumption expenditure 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.8
GFCF 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.2 -1.4 2.7
of which Non financial corporated and unincorporated enterprises 0.8 1.9 0.3 -0.6 2.0 3.8
Households 0.7 -0.2 1.2 1.3 -1.4 2.7
General government -1.4 1.5 0.7 0.5 -9.7 -0.3
Exports 0.5 1.3 0.7 0.8 9.3 4.5
Contributions :        
Internal demand excluding inventory changes 0.3 0.4 -0.4 0.2 0.8 0.9
Inventory changes -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.1 0.5 1.1
Net foreign trade 0.1 -0.5 0.5 0.0 0.1 -0.3
Sectoral accounts
percentage change from previous period,trading-days and seasonally adjusted data
*NFC: non-financial corporations
2010 Q4 2011 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2010 2011 (ovhg)
Profit ratio of NFC* (level) 29.7 29.8 29.0 29.0 30.1  
Household purchasing power 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.3
GDP and components : prices indices
percentage change from previous period,trading-days and seasonally adjusted data
*GG: General Government
2010 Q4 2011 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2010 2011 (ovhg)
GDP 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.5
Imports 1.5 3.4 0.1 0.3 4.0 5.0
Cons. Exp. :      
- Households 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.2 1.9
- GG* 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.5 1.0
Total GFCF 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.3
- of which Households 0.5 0.9 1.4 0.7 2.3 3.1
- of which NFE 0.1 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.8
- of which GG 0.3 1.9 0.6 0.4 1.9 3.3
Exports 0.9 1.8 0.4 0.3 1.7 3.5
Manufactured goods : supply and uses in volume
percentage change from previous period,trading-days and seasonally adjusted data
2010 Q4 2011 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2010 2011 (ovhg)
Industrie’s production 0.5 2.8 -0.7 -0.4 4.3 2.9
- of which value added 1.3 2.0 -0.3 -0.1 3.3 2.9
Imports 1.1 3.0 -0.7 0.3 11.0 6.3
Intermediate uses 0.7 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 3.1 2.5
Cons. Exp. :      
- of households 0.7 0.6 -2.1 -0.3 1.3 0.1
- of GG 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.0 5.3 3.5
Total GFCF 3.2 2.9 1.4 -1.0 6.7 8.5
- of which NFC 3.6 3.2 1.5 -1.2 8.3 9.5
- of which GG 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 -3.8 0.3
Exports 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 11.0 3.9
Inventory changes (contribution) 0.1 2.5 -0.3 -0.1 1.6 2.5
Households’ disposable income and ratios of households’ account
percentage change from previous period,trading-days and seasonally adjusted data
*cu: consumption unit
2010 Q4 2011 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2010 2011 (ovhg)
HDI 0.9 0.9 1.2 0.4 2.0 3.3
Household purchasing power 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.3
HDI by cu* (purchasing power) 0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0.1 0.6
Adjusted HDI (purchasing power) 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.3
Saving rate (level) 16.1 16.0 17.3 17.1 16.1  
Financial saving rate (level) 7.0 6.9 8.1 7.8 7.0  
Ratios of non-financial corporations’ account
percentage change from previous period,trading-days and seasonally adjusted data
2010 Q4 2011 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2010
Profit share 29.7 29.8 29.0 29.0 30.1
Investment ratio 18.9 19.1 19.2 18.9 18.7
Savings ratio 14.1 14.5 13.6 13.4 14.6
Self-financing ratio 74.5 76.2 71.2 70.6 78.3

Households’ purchasing power held steady

Households’ disposable income markedly decelerated in Q3 (+0.4% after +1.2%).

As employment and average wage per capita decelerated, wages earned by households increased less rapidly than in Q2 (+0.4% after +0.9%). Social benefits in cash were slightly less dynamic in Q3 (+0.9% after +1.1%). Finally, taxes on income and wealth sharply accelerated (+3.1% after +0.8%). They were buoyed up by budget consolidation measures passed for 2011.

At the same time, consumption prices increased less rapidly than the previous quarter (+0.4% after +0.6%). All in all, households’ purchasing power remained stable in Q3 after an increase of 0.6% in Q2. Taken individually (measured per consumption unit) it declined by 0.1% after a 0.4% rise in the previous quarter.

Households’ consumption in nominal terms bounced (+0.6% after –0.4%) and increased faster than nominal income. Consequently, the savings ratio slightly decreased (from 17.3% to 17.1%), after reaching its highest level since 1983.

Non-financial corporations’ profit ratio levelled down

Non-financial corporations’ value added accelerated this quarter (+0.8% after +0.2%). Wages paid markedly slowed down (+0.7% after +1.3%). On the one hand, employment (+0.2% after +0.5%) and wages per capita (+0.2% after +0.7%) both decelerated. On the other hand, employers’ social contributions remained quite dynamic (+1.7%). Besides, taxes on production grew less rapidly than the previous quarter but were still dynamic (+1.3% after +2.0%). All in all, value added growth was close to that of wages and taxes altogether. As a consequence, gross operating surplus increased at the same rate (+0.8% after –2.8%). Non-financial corporations’ profit ratio levelled down at 29.0% in Q3, its lowest level since 1986 , after a 0.8 point drop in the previous quarter.

Informations Rapides

n° 315 - December 23, 2011

Quarterly national accounts - detailed figures - 3rd quarter

Next issue June 26, 2013 08:45 - 1st Quarter 2013

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  • Historical data are available on the BDM: G1310, G1320.

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