26 June 2012
2012- n° 158In June, households’ confidence was stable Monthly consumer confidence survey - June 2012
In June 2012, households’ confidence about the economic situation stabilized: the synthetic confidence index was the same as in May. It remained below its long term average.
In June 2012, households’ confidence about the economic situation stabilized: the synthetic confidence index was the same as in May. It remained below its long term average.
Personal situation
Financial situation: slightly decreasing
In June, households appreciation of their financial situation slightly decreased: both balances corresponding to past and future situations lose 1 point and remained below their long-term averages. However, households’ major purchases intentions increased (+3 points).
Savings: stable
Households’ opinion about their current savings capacity and their savings capacity in the next 12 months was stable, the corresponding balances remaining above their long-term averages.
Moreover, households considered it more opportune than in May to save (+2 points); the corresponding balance remained above its long-term average.
graphiqueGraph1_english – Consumer synthetic index
tableauTab_eng – CONSUMER OPINION: synthetic index and opinion balances
| 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average (1) | Mar. | April | May | June | |
| Synthetic index (2) | 100 | 87 | 89 | 90 | 90 |
| Financial sit., past 12 m. | –18 | –27 | –26 | –23 | –24 |
| Financial sit., next 12 m. | –3 | –19 | –17 | –16 | –17 |
| Current saving capacity | 12 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 22 |
| Expected saving capacity | –10 | –12 | –8 | –6 | –6 |
| Savings intentions, next 12 m. | 20 | 23 | 36 | 27 | 29 |
| Major purchases intentions, next 12 m. | –14 | –24 | –25 | –24 | –21 |
| General economic sit., past 12 m. | –41 | –66 | –65 | –66 | –68 |
| General economic sit., next 12 m. | –23 | –40 | –38 | –33 | –34 |
| Unemployment, next 12 m. | 34 | 57 | 60 | 54 | 65 |
| Consumer prices, past 12 m. | –17 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Consumer prices, next 12 m. | –34 | –23 | –24 | –32 | –32 |
- (1) Average value between January 1987 and December 2011
- (2) This indicator is normalised in such a way that its average equals 100 and standard error equals 10 over the estimation period (1987-2011).
Economic situation in France
General economic situation in France: slightly decreasing
In June, households’ opinion about past general economic situation decreased by 2 points. Moreover, expected general economic situation in France slightly decreased, after 6 months of continuous increase. These balances remained clearly below their long-term averages.
Future unemployment: expectations sharply increasing
In June, households were markedly more numerous than in May to forecast an increase in unemployment. After having declined by 6 points in May, this balance of opinion rocketed by 11 points and remained noticeably higher than its long-term average.
Inflation’s appreciation: stable
Households’ opinion about past and future inflation stabilized in June. The balance of opinion about future inflation was next to its long term average.
graphiqueGraph2_english – Balances on personal financial situation and general economic situation
graphiquechomage_en – Households' unemployment expectations
graphiqueprix_en – Households' perception of prices
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