The spending of the families: a holiday clothes and cuts, with the help of the web – The Republic

MILAN – Clothes, self-care, holidays. But also sports and information. Are the chapters of spending cuts that Italian families have made during the economic crisis, to try to contain the exits waiting for a restart which is now showing, albeit timid.

And ‘the result the analysis conducted by Filcams-CGIL, in collaboration with the Foundation of Victor CGIL and Tecne institute, which also outline the new purchase methods, saving footprint. The average monthly household spending in 2015 is lower by 6.3% compared to 2008 (which is equivalent to 156 euro less, going from 2,487 to 2,331 euro average) and by 2.9% compared to ten years earlier. As the chart shows, however, there was a small rebound in the last year and is the element on which trust many observers to give more consistency to the economic growth, still patchy.

the trend in spending on household consumption, in Filcams-Cgil relationship with Di Vittorio Foundation and Tecne

in the food sector, in the shopping cart Italian come less – than in the past – oil olive oil, beef, cheese, mineral water and wine. Growing poultry, eggs and beer. “As for the non-food expenditure, households are spending less on appliances, furniture and fixtures, publishing products (newspapers, magazines, cd-? Dvds, books), clothing and footwear, for repairs and maintenance of objects while increased the share of income for the public transport, housing costs, utilities and education spending, “it said.

Internet is a compass: 30% of families occurs before the best online marketing food prices that will buy, rising to 63% when it comes to non-food products. The report also found that seven out of ten households have changed consumption patterns. And that 29% say consumption below its real needs, thus not really met the actual needs.

According to the survey, eight out of ten households last year have made purchases in the periods in which the products were on offer or balance, for a value of about 153 billion euro, equivalent to 15% of the expenditure of resident households in Italy. 18% of households have purchased goods and services on the Internet (by economic operators and for an annual value of around 25 billion euro), while 7% have purchased products used by businesses or individuals for an amount equal to about 12 billion euros. In particular, the percentage of families who, during the year, turned to the second-hand market by buying directly from private goods (excluding certain consumer goods such as cars and not considering the value of any trade-ins) is equal to 2%, for a total of about 6 billion Euros.

as for the food expenditure, 64% of households prefer large retailers while 29% choose the small shop, which attracts particularly the high-quality products or craft.

The family budget – in euro values ​​

EXPENSE ITEMS AVERAGE MONTHLY	2005	2008	2015	Var% 2015/2008
FOR EATING AND LIVING (INCLUDING UTILITIES AND MEALS AWAY)	1,394	1469	1440	-2
FOR DRESSING, TAKE CARE OF ITSELF, TO GO ON HOLIDAY	319	324	264	-18, 5
FOR GETTING AROUND, TO TRAVEL, TO COMMUNICATE	312	324	293	9.6
TO BE IN HEALTH, AND INFORMED educate	140	140	126	-10
FOR OTHER EXPENSES (INSURANCE EXPENSES PROFESSIONAL ETC.)	235	230	208	9.6
IN COMPLEX	2,400	2487	2331	6.3

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consumer

Italian economic crisis

household expenses

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