Wary French consumer slash spending

  • 12 years ago
French consumers cut back sharply on spending in March as unemployment hit its highest level in over 13 years.

Consumer spending dropped 2.9 percent in March compared with February according to the statistics office INSEE.

That wiped out the gains of the previous month when cold weather spurred spending on energy and clothing.

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