domestic economic developments 1 demand consumption deepened its contraction in march ? the consumer goods sales index increased by 2 0 year on during january february but shifted to a decrease of 4 item durable including passenger cars and semi durables such as clothes reverted decreases that non food products saw rate growth fall significantly trends related indicators 2002 2003 feb mar dec jan 3 household national accounts 6 13 11 7 8 5 sa 10 14 15 9 16