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France Consumer Spending m/m EUR

Medium impact Updated after every release
Next release Fri, Oct 30 06:30 UTC · consensus 0.5% · previous -0.5%  

What this release is

France Consumer Spending m/m tracks the month-over-month change in household consumption expenditures across France. This key economic indicator, focused on the consumer sector, is officially published on a monthly basis by insee.fr, the national statistics office of France.

Forex traders closely watch this release because consumer spending represents a significant component of overall economic growth. Robust spending figures can signal a healthy and expanding economy, which may influence the European Central Bank’s monetary policy decisions. Shifts in policy expectations, or actual policy adjustments, can impact the Euro’s valuation against other currencies.

When the data is released, market participants typically focus on the headline month-over-month percentage change. Revisions to previously reported figures are also carefully assessed for their implications on economic trends. This monthly report is generally considered a medium impact event for the Euro.

How hard it hits, measured

123 releases · own feed
Typical EURUSD move
8pips / 1h
Median absolute move in the hour after the release
Big-release move
14pips / 1h
Top-quarter releases move at least this much
Largest measured
38pips
Biggest one-hour reaction in our archive
Direction reliability
n/a
Unlocks after 8 live-captured releases with consensus. Measured, never estimated
Pair5 min15 min1 hourBig release (1h)
EURUSD1.7p3.4p7.5p14p
EURAUD3.0p5.9p12p21p
EURCAD2.4p4.0p8.5p17p
EURCHF1.7p2.1p4.8p9.7p
EURGBP1.5p2.2p5.9p11p
EURJPY2.9p5.8p10p20p
EURNZD4.4p6.4p14p24p

How we measure: moves come from our own MT4 price feed and our archived minute bars, sampled 5, 15 and 60 minutes after each release against the pre-release price. No estimates, no third-party numbers. Releases where our feed had a gap are skipped, never guessed.

What usually happens

conditional history
Beat above consensus EURUSD closed the hour higher in 26 of 48 cases · median +1.4p n=48 live
Miss below consensus EURUSD closed the hour higher in 23 of 45 cases · median +0.3p n=45 live
In line within the surprise band Accumulating. Shows after 8 live-captured releases n=1 live

These are counts of what happened after past releases, conditional on the surprise direction. They are history, not a forecast, and never a trade recommendation. Sample sizes are shown because small samples mislead; rows stay locked until the sample is honest.

Release history

accumulates every release
DateActualForecastPreviousRevised toEURUSD 1h
Sep 30, 2026-0.5%0%0.5%0.4%-8.5p—
Aug 28, 20260.5%0%0.4%0.6%-2.6p—
Jul 30, 20260.4%-0.5%0.5%0.3%-11p—
Jun 30, 20260.5%0.5%-0.5%—+7.1p—
May 29, 2026-0.5%-0.4%0.7%0.9%-6.0p—
Apr 30, 20260.7%-0.4%-1.4%—+4.6p—
Mar 31, 2026-1.4%0%0.5%0.4%+1.9p—
Feb 27, 20260.5%0%-0.6%-0.5%+1.0p—
Jan 30, 2026-0.6%0.2%-0.3%—+10p—
Jan 9, 2026-0.3%0.5%0.4%0.5%+0.6p—
Nov 28, 20250.4%0.1%0.3%—-13p—
Oct 30, 20250.3%-0.2%0.1%0.2%-8.9p—
Sep 30, 20250.1%-0.2%-0.3%-0.6%-2.3p—
Aug 29, 2025-0.3%0.4%0.6%0.4%+0.5p—
Jul 30, 20250.6%-0.3%0.2%0.1%-1.9p—
Jun 27, 20250.2%-0.5%0.3%0.5%+11p—
May 28, 20250.3%0%-1%-1.1%+17p—
Apr 30, 2025-1%0.4%-0.1%-0.2%+11p—
Mar 28, 2025-0.1%0.3%-0.5%-0.6%-14p—
Feb 28, 2025-0.5%-0.2%0.7%—+7.5p—
Jan 30, 20250.7%0.1%0.3%0.2%0.0p—
Jan 10, 20250.3%0.1%-0.4%-0.3%+16p—
Nov 29, 2024-0.4%0.2%0.1%—-12p—
Oct 30, 20240.1%-0.5%0.2%0.4%-0.8p—

Showing the latest 24 of 123 tracked releases.

Reaction = EURUSD move 60 minutes after the release, measured from our own price history. Story links appear for releases our news desk covered; every release gets a row here whether or not it gets a story. Values from before our live tracking began are the current figures in the official statistical series, so they include later revisions; live rows record the number as printed.

Market statistics, not financial advice. All reaction figures are measured from our own price feed under our published methodology.
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