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France - Household Consumption MoM

France's household consumption grew by 0.1% month-over-month in August 2025. This followed a contraction of 0.3% in July 2025. The July contraction was driven by a drop in energy consumption. Spending on manufactured goods was stable in July while food consumption decreased slightly. France's record low household consumption month-over-month was -18.9% in April 2020 and record high was 37.6% in May 2020.

Monthly Historical Data (2015-2025)

(in %)
Month Household Consumption MoM
Aug 2025 0.1%
Jul 2025 -0.6%
Jun 2025 0.4%
May 2025 0.1%
Apr 2025 0.7%
Mar 2025 -1.1%
Feb 2025 0%
Jan 2025 -0.5%
Dec 2024 0.4%
Nov 2024 0.1%
Oct 2024 -0.2%
Sep 2024 0%
Aug 2024 0.4%
Jul 2024 0.2%
Jun 2024 -0.6%
May 2024 0.8%
Apr 2024 -1.5%
Mar 2024 1.1%
Feb 2024 0%
Jan 2024 -0.4%
Dec 2023 0.2%
Nov 2023 0.5%
Oct 2023 -0.8%
Sep 2023 -0.1%
Aug 2023 -0.6%
Jul 2023 -0.1%
Jun 2023 1%
May 2023 0.7%
Apr 2023 -1.3%
Mar 2023 -0.2%
Feb 2023 -0.3%
Jan 2023 1.8%
Dec 2022 -1.9%
Nov 2022 0.3%
Oct 2022 -3%
Sep 2022 2.1%
Aug 2022 0.9%
Jul 2022 -1.6%
Jun 2022 0.6%
May 2022 -0.5%
Apr 2022 0.8%
Mar 2022 -1.3%
Feb 2022 0.1%
Jan 2022 -0.3%
Dec 2021 -1.4%
Nov 2021 -0.7%
Oct 2021 0.5%
Sep 2021 0.4%
Aug 2021 -0.9%
Jul 2021 -1%
Jun 2021 0.5%
May 2021 10.3%
Apr 2021 -7.9%
Mar 2021 -0.8%
Feb 2021 0.8%
Jan 2021 -5.1%
Dec 2020 23%
Nov 2020 -18.8%
Oct 2020 3.6%
Sep 2020 -3.4%
Aug 2020 2.5%
Jul 2020 0.4%
Jun 2020 10.5%
May 2020 37.6%
Apr 2020 -18.9%
Mar 2020 -17.2%
Feb 2020 1.1%
Jan 2020 -1.2%
Dec 2019 0.4%
Nov 2019 0.6%
Oct 2019 -0.2%
Sep 2019 -0.5%
Aug 2019 0.7%
Jul 2019 0.2%
Jun 2019 -1%
May 2019 0.5%
Apr 2019 0.7%
Mar 2019 -0.2%
Feb 2019 -0.4%
Jan 2019 1.5%
Dec 2018 -0.8%
Nov 2018 -0.5%
Oct 2018 0.8%
Sep 2018 -1.3%
Aug 2018 0.3%
Jul 2018 0%
Jun 2018 -0.1%
May 2018 0.9%
Apr 2018 -2.1%
Mar 2018 0.2%
Feb 2018 2.8%
Jan 2018 -2.4%
Dec 2017 -0.1%
Nov 2017 2.1%
Oct 2017 -2.9%
Sep 2017 2.2%
Aug 2017 -0.5%
Jul 2017 0.6%
Jun 2017 -0.4%
May 2017 1%
Apr 2017 0.4%
Mar 2017 -0.3%
Feb 2017 -1%
Jan 2017 1%
Dec 2016 0.1%
Nov 2016 -1.1%
Oct 2016 1.6%
Sep 2016 0.5%
Aug 2016 0.2%
Jul 2016 -0.8%
Jun 2016 -0.1%
May 2016 -0.1%
Apr 2016 -0.2%
Mar 2016 0.5%
Feb 2016 -0.3%
Jan 2016 0.8%
Dec 2015 2.5%
Nov 2015 -2.4%
Oct 2015 0.1%
Sep 2015 0.3%
Aug 2015 -0.3%

Recent Events

datetime event actual previous consensus
2025-10-30 02:30 AM Household Consumption MoM (Sep) - 0.1% 0%
2025-09-30 02:45 AM Household Consumption MoM (Aug) 0.1% -0.6% 0.3%
2025-08-29 02:45 AM Household Consumption MoM (Jul) -0.3% 0.4% -0.2%

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France - Household Consumption MoM : Definition
France Month-over-Month household consumption measures the monthly percentage change in spending by French households on goods and services. INSEE calculates this using a weighted index of consumption expenditure, covering items like food, energy, manufactured goods and services.
Indicator Last Value Prior Value Period
Consumer Confidence 90 points 88 points Oct'25
Retail Sales MoM -0.1% 0.1% Sep'25
Retail Sales YoY -1.2% -1% Sep'25