France Consumer Confidence

The French consumer confidence indicator stood at an eight-month high of 96.0 in April 2019, unchanged from the prior month and slightly below market expectations of 97.0. Improvements were seen in household's future financial situation (-9 from -11 in March); savings intentions (12 from 1) and major purchases intentions (-15 from -18). However, the share of households considering that the future standard of living in France will improve in the next twelve months decreased slightly (-30 from -29). Also, worries about inflation (-22 from -24) and unemployment (28 from 23) increased. Consumer Confidence in France averaged 100.96 Index Points from 1972 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 130 Index Points in May of 1973 and a record low of 79 Index Points in June of 2013.

Consumer Confidence in France is expected to be 94.00 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Consumer Confidence in France to stand at 92.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Consumer Confidence is projected to trend around 99.00 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-01-29	07:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	91	86	88	87
2019-02-26	07:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	95	92	92	91
2019-03-27	07:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	96	95	96	95
2019-04-26	06:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	96	96	97	95
2019-05-28	06:45 AM	Consumer Confidence		96		94
2019-06-26	06:45 AM	Consumer Confidence				94
2019-07-26	06:45 AM	Consumer Confidence				92

France Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	96.00	96.00	130.00	79.00	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	-0.10	0.80	3.50	-6.10	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	1.20	3.20	9.50	-9.00	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	309808.00	308679.00	309808.00	38586.00	EUR Million	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	362599.00	358295.00	362599.00	2496.00	EUR Million	[+]
Personal Savings	15.25	14.41	21.82	10.38	percent	[+]
Households Debt To GDP	59.50	59.10	59.50	18.60	percent of GDP	[+]
Households Debt To Income	93.29	89.47	93.29	54.15	percent	[+]
Personal Spending	-0.10	-0.40	5.40	-5.60	percent	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	1.70	1.73	6.29	1.67	percent	[+]
Gasoline Prices	1.81	1.74	2.09	0.99	USD/Liter	[+]
Consumer Credit	1411522.00	1404757.00	1411522.00	383474.00	EUR Million	[+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions	-38.59	-38.75	29.12	-80.60		[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	-9.53	0.59	20.00	-65.55		[+]
Consumer Confidence Financial Expectations	-9.49	-3.07	16.00	-30.03		[+]
Consumer Confidence Major Purchases Expectations	-0.88	-0.96	35.00	-41.52		[+]
Consumer Confidence Price Trends	-31.94	-40.55	33.57	-61.10		[+]
Consumer Confidence Savings Expectations	9.26	7.22	39.03	-38.00		[+]
Consumer Confidence Unemployment Expectations	8.36	5.73	84.57	-40.27		[+]

In France, the consumer confidence index is based on a survey of about 2 000 households. The questionnaire focuses on: past and future economic situation in France, past and future personal financial situation, unemployment, intention to make major purchases, current savings capacity and expected savings capacity. The indicator is calculated using factor analysis technique. The index is then calculated in a way to measure the current sentiment in relation to the historic index values of the period 1987-2011. A value over 110 indicates unusually high optimism and a value under 90 indicates unusually high pessimism. The value 100 indicates neutrality. This page provides the latest reported value for - France Consumer Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. France Consumer Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	96.00	96.00	130.00	79.00	1972 - 2019	Index Points	Monthly	SA

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