22 March 2001, 11:07 French Feb household consumption down 0.9 pct from Jan
PARIS (AFX) - French household consumption of manufactured goods
fell 0.9 pct in February, the statistics office Insee said.
In January household consumption rose 2.2 pct, revised from a
provisional 3.2 pct, according to figures from Insee.
Durable goods consumption rose 0.3 pct after climbing 3.4 pct in
January with a 1 pct rise in car purchases offsetting a 0.3 pct decline
in the purchase of household goods.
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