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Household consumption expenditure on goods rose slightly in September 2023 (+0.2%)
In September 2023, household consumption expenditure on goods rebounded slightly over one month (+0.2% in volume* after -0.6% in August 2023 – revised data). This slight rebound was mainly driven by an increase in food consumption (+1.2%). Energy consumption fell again (-1.3% after -0.7%). Consumption of engineered goods was virtually stable (+0.1% after -0.8%). Over the third quarter of 2023 as a whole, household consumption of goods increased by 0.8% compared with that of the second quarter of 2023. In September 2023, household food consumption rebounded sharply (+1.2% after -0.3% in August-revised methodology, ... (full story)