# France Consumer confidence: Intentions to buy a car: Balance of responses (purchase intentions minus no planned purch

France Consumer confidence: Intentions to buy a car: Balance of responses (purchase intentions minus no planned purch was −73.00 balance in October 2026, up 2.00 from September 2026 and up 1.00 from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −79.00 balance (Oct 2022) to −68.00 balance (Aug 2017), averaging −73.80 balance.

- Source agency: National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), France
- Makrognosis code: `FR.CONSCONF.M.SA.GRP-BUYCAR`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: balance
- Coverage: 2006-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (250 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/consumer-confidence-intentions-to-buy-a-car-balance-of-responses

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | −73.00 balance |
| September 2026 | −75.00 balance |
| August 2026 | −71.00 balance |
| July 2026 | −73.00 balance |
| June 2026 | −71.00 balance |
| May 2026 | −72.00 balance |
| April 2026 | −74.00 balance |
| March 2026 | −75.00 balance |
| February 2026 | −76.00 balance |
| January 2026 | −78.00 balance |
| December 2025 | −78.00 balance |
| November 2025 | −74.00 balance |
| October 2025 | −74.00 balance |
| September 2025 | −75.00 balance |
| August 2025 | −76.00 balance |
| July 2025 | −74.00 balance |
| June 2025 | −76.00 balance |
| May 2025 | −75.00 balance |
| April 2025 | −77.00 balance |
| March 2025 | −75.00 balance |
| February 2025 | −75.00 balance |
| January 2025 | −76.00 balance |
| December 2024 | −78.00 balance |
| November 2024 | −75.00 balance |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.CONSCONF.M.SA.GRP-BUYCAR"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.CONSCONF.M.SA.GRP-BUYCAR",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```