After falling 1.4% in March, household consumption continued to fall in April.

INSEE thus observes a decline of 0.4% mainly due “to the decline in consumption of food products” (-1.1%), “due to a drop in consumption of agri-food and agricultural products” .

Conversely, household energy consumption rebounded by 0.7% in April (after -2.8% the previous month), a recovery attributed to "below average" temperatures, which led to an increase in gas and electricity consumption (+2%), specifies the National Institute of Statistics.

Drop at the pump

While prices at the pump remain high, despite the bonus of 15 to 18 cents per liter introduced by the government, fuel consumption continued to fall in April (-0.9%).

However, this decline is much less significant than in March, when it reached 4.5%.

Consumption of manufactured goods continues to decline, but at a slower pace than March (-0.3% vs. -0.6%).

In April, French households consumed more clothing-textiles (+0.5%), with in particular an increase in purchases of shoes, reports the Institute.

On durable goods, consumption was driven in April by purchases of household appliances, electronic products and communication equipment, while those of furniture experienced a “marked decline”, according to INSEE.

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