28 February 2013
2013- n° 47In January 2013, Households consumption of goods decreased (-0.8%) with the fall in
car purchases Household consumption expenditure on goods - January 2013
In January, households expenditure on goods decreased by 0.8% in volume*, after a 0.2% increase in December. This decrease is mainly attributable to a fall in car purchases.
In January, households expenditure on goods decreased by 0.8% in volume*, after a 0.2% increase in December. This decrease is mainly attributable to a fall in car purchases.
Engineered goods : decreasing
Durables: decreasing
After a bounce in December (+3.6%), households expenditure on durable goods bounced back in January (-6.3%), mainly because of the fall in car purchases. After a strong increase in December (+5.6%) due to households expecting a strenghtening of penalties on the purchase of polluting cars from January 1st, they fell in January (-11.7%). Purchases in household durables slightly decreased (-0.5%, after +2.1%).
Textile-leather: increasing
Households consumption of textile and leather bounced in January (+3.2%, after -0.4%).
Other engineered goods: stable
In january, consumption expenditure on other engineered goods were stable (after +0.1% in December). Expenditure on hardware were flat.
[* Volumes are chained and all figures are trading days and seasonally adjusted.]
graphiquegraph1_new_ang – Total consumption of goods
graphiquegraph2_new_ang – Food and engineered goods
graphiquegraph3_new_ang – Decomposition of engineered goods
Food products: slightly increasing
Consumption of food products, which flattened in December (+0.1%) after several months of decrease, slightly increased in January (+0.4%).
Energy: increasing
Households consumption of energy products increased in January (+1.5% after -3.4%). After slightly above average temperatures in December, consumption of energy for heating purposes increased, offsetting a decrease in motor fuel consumption.
The evolutions of household consumption of goods in December is scaled up by 0.2 point
The change of household consumption of goods is now estimated at +0.2% in december, instead of a stability estimated for the previous publication.
These revisions are mainly due to the integration of new information, notably regarding the expenditures on household durables, as well as the updating of the seasonal adjustment coefficients, mainly in car purchases.
tableautab1_eng – Households consumption expenditures on goods
| Nov. | Déc. | Janv. | Janv.13/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | Janv.12 | |
| Food products | 14.616 | 14.633 | 14.687 | |
| Change (%) | –0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | –1.1 |
| Engineered goods | 20.760 | 21.122 | 20.579 | |
| change (%) | –0.2 | 1.7 | –2.6 | –0.9 |
| Of which: | ||||
| Automobiles | 4.659 | 4.920 | 4.346 | |
| Change (%) | –1.5 | 5.6 | –11.7 | –7.2 |
| Household durables | 5.340 | 5.451 | 5.422 | |
| Change (%) | 2.1 | 2.1 | –0.5 | 5.3 |
| Textile-leather | 3.851 | 3.837 | 3.961 | |
| Change (%) | –0.5 | –0.4 | 3.2 | –0.7 |
| Other engineered goods | 5.997 | 6.001 | 6.002 | |
| Change (%) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Energy | 6.530 | 6.311 | 6.408 | |
| Change (%) | 2.2 | –3.4 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Including petroleum products | 3.965 | 3.828 | 3.855 | |
| Change (%) | 2.0 | –3.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Total | 41.881 | 41.967 | 41.644 | |
| Change (%) | 0.1 | 0.2 | –0.8 | –0.2 |
| Manufactured goods | 36.208 | 36.435 | 35.953 | |
| Change (%) | –0.1 | 0.6 | –1.3 | –0.7 |
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