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26 July 2011
2011- n° 190
In July 2011, households’ confidence gains 3 points Monthly consumer confidence survey - July 2011

In July 2011, household’s confidence about the economic situation improves : the synthetic confidence index gains 3 poionts with respect to June.

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In July 2011, household’s confidence about the economic situation improves : the synthetic confidence index gains 3 poionts with respect to June.

Personal situation

Financial situation : improving

In July, households appreciation of their past and future financial situation improves: the corresponding balances gain 3 and 2 points respectively. Households’s opinion on the timeliness to make major purchases also improves (+4 points).

Savings : sizable increase

Households’ opinion about their current saving capacity markedly increases in July (+7 points); so does their appreciation of their savings capacity in the next 12 months (+4 points).

Yet, households consider that the timeliness for savings deteriorates, the corresponding balance of opinion loses 2 points but remains above its long term average.

Graph1_englishConsumer synthetic index

Tab_engCONSUMER OPINION: synthetic index and opinion balances

Balance of responses, seasonally ajusted
CONSUMER OPINION: synthetic index and opinion balances (Balance of responses, seasonally ajusted)
2011
Average (1) April May June July
Synthetic index (2) 100 83 83 83 86
Financial sit., past 12 m. –17 –29 –29 –31 –28
Financial sit., next 12 m. –2 –20 –20 –21 –19
Current saving capacity 11 14 15 13 20
Expected saving capacity –9 –16 –14 –16 –12
Savings intentions, next 12 m. 20 29 28 27 25
Major purchases intentions, next 12 m. –13 –23 –28 –25 –21
General economic sit., past 12 m. –40 –69 –67 –67 –66
General economic sit., next 12 m. –21 –56 –49 –47 –44
Unemployment, next 12 m. 33 41 33 33 43
Consumer prices, past 12 m. –19 35 27 22 23
Consumer prices, next 12 m. –35 1 –13 –14 –18
  • (1) Average value between January 1987 and December 2010
  • (2) This indicator is normalised in such a way that its average equals 100 and standard error equals 10 over the estimation period (1987-2010).

Economic situation in France

Expected general economic situation in France : improving

Households’ opinion about the past and expected general economic situation in France improves. The corresponding balances of opinion gain 1 and 3 points respectively but remain notably below their long term average.

Future unemployment: pessimistic expectations

In July, households are much mores numerous to forecast an increase in unemployment (+10 points). After having declined since February, this balance of opinion is back to where it was by the end of 2010.

Inflation’s appreciation: decreasing expectations

Households’ appreciation of past inflation is almost stable in July (+1 point). On the contrary, the expected inflation balance of opinion loses 4 points, and is back its level of late 2010.

Graph2_englishBalances on personnal financial situation and general economic situation

chomage_enHouseholds' unemployment expectations

prix_enHouseholds' perception of prices

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