Consumer confidence in France

INSEE · Monthly · Importance

86 (Aug-26) ABS · balance (mean 100) · Monthly · CSV

Period	balance (mean 100)
Aug 2026	86
Jul 2026	86
Jun 2026	84
May 2026	82
Apr 2026	84
Mar 2026	89
Feb 2026	92
Jan 2026	89
Dec 2025	90
Nov 2025	89
Oct 2025	90
Sep 2025	88
Aug 2025	88
Jul 2025	89
Jun 2025	90
May 2025	89
Apr 2025	92
Mar 2025	91
Feb 2025	93
Jan 2025	91
Dec 2024	88
Nov 2024	90
Oct 2024	93
Sep 2024	96
Aug 2024	93
Jul 2024	91
Jun 2024	91
May 2024	91
Apr 2024	90
Mar 2024	91
Feb 2024	89
Jan 2024	91
Dec 2023	89
Nov 2023	89
Oct 2023	85
Sep 2023	85
Aug 2023	86
Jul 2023	87
Jun 2023	87
May 2023	84
Apr 2023	84
Mar 2023	82
Feb 2023	82
Jan 2023	82
Dec 2022	83
Nov 2022	84
Oct 2022	83
Sep 2022	81
Aug 2022	84
Jul 2022	81
Jun 2022	83
May 2022	86
Apr 2022	88
Mar 2022	89
Feb 2022	97
Jan 2022	98
Dec 2021	100
Nov 2021	99
Oct 2021	100
Sep 2021	103

Period	balance (mean 100)
Dec 1999	-2
Nov 1999	1
Oct 1999	0
Sep 1999	2
Aug 1999	3
Jul 1999	1
Jun 1999	1
May 1999	0
Apr 1999	-1
Mar 1999	-1
Feb 1999	1
Jan 1999	1
Dec 1998	-1
Nov 1998	-1
Oct 1998	-1
Sep 1998	1
Aug 1998	1
Jul 1998	4
Jun 1998	-1
May 1998	3
Apr 1998	-1
Mar 1998	4
Feb 1998	2
Jan 1998	-4
Dec 1997	0
Nov 1997	0
Oct 1997	-1
Sep 1997	2
Aug 1997	1
Jul 1997	-1
Jun 1997	7
May 1997	0
Apr 1997	1
Mar 1997	-2
Feb 1997	1
Jan 1997	1
Dec 1996	2
Nov 1996	1
Oct 1996	1
Sep 1996	0
Aug 1996	0
Jul 1996	0
Jun 1996	-1
May 1996	-1
Apr 1996	-1
Mar 1996	0
Feb 1996	0
Jan 1996	4
Dec 1995	-4
Nov 1995	-2
Oct 1995	-2
Sep 1995	-4
Aug 1995	-5
Jul 1995	-2
Jun 1995	1
May 1995	3
Apr 1995	0
Mar 1995	0
Feb 1995	0
Jan 1995	-2

Period	balance (mean 100)
Dec 1999	6
Nov 1999	7
Oct 1999	5
Sep 1999	4
Aug 1999	3
Jul 1999	1
Jun 1999	4
May 1999	2
Apr 1999	5
Mar 1999	5
Feb 1999	10
Jan 1999	11
Dec 1998	6
Nov 1998	7
Oct 1998	8
Sep 1998	8
Aug 1998	9
Jul 1998	9
Jun 1998	4
May 1998	12
Apr 1998	9
Mar 1998	11
Feb 1998	5
Jan 1998	4
Dec 1997	9
Nov 1997	11
Oct 1997	12
Sep 1997	14
Aug 1997	12
Jul 1997	11
Jun 1997	12
May 1997	4
Apr 1997	3
Mar 1997	1
Feb 1997	3
Jan 1997	2
Dec 1996	5
Nov 1996	-1
Oct 1996	-4
Sep 1996	-7
Aug 1996	-11
Jul 1996	-16
Jun 1996	-18
May 1996	-16
Apr 1996	-12
Mar 1996	-11
Feb 1996	-11
Jan 1996	-11
Dec 1995	-17
Nov 1995	-12
Oct 1995	-11
Sep 1995	-9
Aug 1995	-4
Jul 1995	3
Jun 1995	6
May 1995	5
Apr 1995	4
Mar 1995	6
Feb 1995	6
Jan 1995	6

About this indicator

Source

INSEE

Frequency

Monthly

Release

Usually in the second half of the reference month.

What it is

France's Consumer Confidence is the households' sentiment indicator produced by INSEE through a monthly survey. It measures families' views on their financial situation, the standard of living and whether it is a good time to buy or save, and it leads private consumption.

How it's calculated

INSEE surveys a sample of households each month about their past and future economic situation, unemployment, prices and their ability to save. The replies are summarised in a seasonally adjusted composite indicator, normalised to a long-run mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10.

Market implications

Rising confidence anticipates stronger household spending, the main driver of French GDP. Markets track it as a forward-looking gauge of consumption and domestic demand.

Limitations

It is a sentiment survey subject to sampling error; stated confidence does not always translate into actual spending and can be swayed by one-off events such as political episodes or price rises.