Euro area household real income and consumption per capita stayed stable in the first quarter of 2026 after gains in the previous quarter.
EU household real income per capita rose 0.1 per cent, while real consumption per capita fell 0.2 per cent.
Saving was stable in the euro area and rose in the EU, giving retail sourcing teams another household-demand indicator.
Household real consumption per capita in the EU decreased by 0.2 per cent, after an increase of 0.5 per cent in the previous quarter, a datapoint for textile, apparel and retail supply chains tracking European household demand conditions.
Conversely, the largest negative contributor in the euro area was net property income and other net current transfers, while in the EU it was current taxes and net social contributions.
The household saving rate stayed stable in the euro area in the first quarter of 2026 and increased by 0.2 percentage points in the EU compared with the previous quarter.
Among the member states for which data are published, the household saving rate increased in seven member states and decreased in nine. The largest increase was in Hungary, at 3.4 percentage points, while the largest decreases were in Romania, at 5.3 percentage points, Greece, at 3.7 percentage points, and Austria, at 2.5 percentage points.
The household investment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point in both the euro area and the EU in Q1 2026 compared with the previous quarter.
Among the member states for which data are published, the household investment rate increased in four member states, remained stable in one and decreased in eleven. The largest increase was in Romania, at 2.2 percentage points, while the largest decrease was in Greece, at 0.7 percentage point.
Compared with the rate indicated in the first news release of July 3, 2026 on the euro area aggregate, the seasonally adjusted household saving rate for Q1 2026 remained unrevised at 14.3 per cent and the investment rate remained unrevised at 8.5 per cent.
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