13 November 2009
2009- n° 294French GDP increased in Q3 (+0,3%) Quarterly national accounts - second estimate - Third Quarter 2009
French GDP increased by +0.3% in the third quarter of 2009, like in the previous quarter.
French GDP increased by +0.3% in the third quarter of 2009, like in the previous quarter.
Foreign trade balance, once more driving force behind GDP growth
Production’s growth was stable (+0.5%). Foreign trade balance still contributed positively to GDP growth (+0.4%) but less than in the second quarter (+0.9%): exports grew (+2.3% after +0.6%) faster than imports (+0.4% after -2.6%).
Households consumption’s expenditures levelled out (0.0% after +0.3%) whereas total GFCF edged down again (-1.4% after -1.2%). Altogether, total domestic demand (excluding inventory changes) negatively contributed to GDP growth: -0.1% after +0.1% in Q2. The decrease of inventory changes was almost steady and contributed -0.1% to GDP growth, after -0.6%.
graphiqueGraph1 – GDP and its main components
tableauTableau 1 – Goods and services: resources and uses chain-linked volumes
| ovhg | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q4 | 2009 Q1 | 2009 Q2 | 2009 Q3 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| GDP | -1,5 | -1,4 | 0,3 | 0,3 | 0,3 | -2,4 |
| Imports | -3,3 | -6,0 | -2,6 | 0,4 | 0,6 | -10,2 |
| Households' consumption expenditure | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,3 | 0,0 | 0,9 | 0,5 |
| General government's consumption expenditure | 0,3 | 0,0 | 0,5 | 0,7 | 1,1 | 1,4 |
| GFCF | -2,6 | -2,6 | -1,2 | -1,4 | 0,4 | -6,9 |
| of which Non financial corporated and unincorporated enterprises | -2,9 | -3,4 | -1,0 | -0,7 | 2,4 | -7,2 |
| Households | -2,8 | -2,2 | -2,2 | -2,9 | -1,4 | -8,9 |
| General government | -1,6 | -0,8 | 0,2 | -0,9 | -4,5 | -3,7 |
| Exports | -6,1 | -7,4 | 0,6 | 2,3 | -0,6 | -11,1 |
| Contributions : | ||||||
| Internal demand excluding inventory changes | -0,4 | -0,5 | 0,1 | -0,1 | 0,9 | -0,8 |
| Inventory changes | -0,4 | -0,8 | -0,6 | -0,1 | -0,3 | -1,6 |
| Net foreign trade | -0,7 | -0,2 | 0,9 | 0,4 | -0,3 | 0,0 |
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