France Consumer Confidence

The French consumer confidence indicator fell to 87 in December 2018 from a downwardly revised 91 in the prior month, below market expectations of 90. It is the weakest reading since November 2014, as the willingness to make major purchases fell sharply below its long term average to its lowest level since June 2013 (-32 from -17 in November). In addition, households' opinion balance concerning their future financial situation decreased again (-22 from -19) along with expected saving capacity (-21 from -14); and worries about unemployment increased (31 from 28). Meanwhile, inflation expectations fell (-25 from -12). Consumer Confidence in France averaged 101.01 Index Points from 1972 until 2018, 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 91.00 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 97.00 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
2018-09-26	06:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	94	96	97	98
2018-10-26	06:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	95	94	94	94
2018-11-27	07:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	92	95	94	95
2019-01-09	07:45 AM	Consumer Confidence	87	91	90	91
2019-01-29	07:45 AM	Consumer Confidence		87		87
2019-02-26	07:45 AM	Consumer Confidence
2019-03-27	06:45 AM	Consumer Confidence				91

France Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	87.00	91.00	130.00	79.00	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	0.10	1.10	3.80	-6.10	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	1.00	4.80	9.50	-9.00	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	308701.00	307362.00	308701.00	38586.00	EUR Million	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	358295.00	355711.00	358295.00	2496.00	EUR Million	[+]
Personal Savings	14.41	14.48	21.82	10.38	percent	[+]
Households Debt To GDP	59.10	58.60	59.10	18.60	percent of GDP	[+]
Households Debt To Income	93.29	89.47	93.29	54.15	percent	[+]
Personal Spending	-0.30	0.90	5.40	-5.60	percent	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	1.72	1.67	6.29	1.67	percent	[+]
Gasoline Prices	1.69	1.73	2.09	0.99	USD/Liter	[+]
Consumer Credit	1390766.00	1385414.00	1390766.00	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 January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	87.00	91.00	130.00	79.00	1972 - 2018	Index Points	Monthly	SA

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Brazil	114.30	Dec/18	114	121 : 89.41	Index Points
Canada	54.17	Jan/19	52.43	57.05 : 46.8	Index Points
China	122.10	Nov/18	119	125 : 97	Index Points
Euro Area	-6.20	Dec/18	-3.9	2 : -34.7	Index Points
France	87.00	Dec/18	91	130 : 79	Index Points
Germany	10.40	Jan/19	10.4	16.8 : -3.5	Index Points
India	94.00	Dec/18	95	117 : 88	Index Points
Indonesia	127.00	Dec/18	123	128 : 9.6	Index Points
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Russia	-17.00	Dec/18	-14	1 : -59	Index Points
Saudi Arabia	106.00	Sep/18	107	120 : 94	Index Points
South Africa	7.00	Sep/18	22	26 : -33	Index Points
South Korea	97.20	Dec/18	96	121 : 69.4	Index Points
Spain	90.90	Dec/18	91.4	109 : 37.6	Index Points
Switzerland	-6.00	Dec/18	-7	22 : -51	Index Points
Turkey	58.20	Dec/18	59.6	98.68 : 55.66	Index Points
United Kingdom	-14.00	Dec/18	-13	10 : -39	Index Points
United States	90.70	Jan/19	98.3	111 : 51.7	Index Points