In November 2014, household expenditure on goods in France increased by 0.4% in volume, after a decrease of 0.8% in October. Analysts were anticipating smaller increase by 0.2%.This rise was mainly due to purchases of textile, clothing and leather (+2.4% after +3.0% in October) and expenditure on energy products (+0.8% after –6.0% in October), purchases of manufactured goods were almost stable (+0.1% after +0.2%).
Also, following a fall in October (–6.0%), household consumption of energy products recovered in November (+0.8%). This upswing resulted mainly from a rise in gas and electricity consumption
Despite good figures, euro lost few points after data was released but remains stable around 1.2230 area. Later today, in the US session,
Durable Goods Orders, Final
GDP, Revised Consumer Confidence and New Home Sales figures are scheduled for a release.