This is a scenario that the government dreams of for the weeks and months to come: the French, reassured by the measures taken by the executive, in particular by the stimulus plan that it is to announce next Thursday, will say to themselves that they no longer need to save money and will start consuming again. Growth should thus regain a little vigor, to the point that the fall in activity would not reach the -11% anticipated so far for 2020.
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However, this scenario is not certain ... For the time being, INSEE confirmed on Friday that household spending had plunged at the time of confinement (from 5.8% in the first quarter then from 11.5% in second) but that they had increased very strongly during the months of May (+ 35.5%) and June (+ 10.3%), and almost stable (+ 0.5%) in July. But according to another survey, the proportion of French people who think it is a good time to make major purchases fell in August. Likewise, the share of households
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