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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	01/2017	12/2017	01/2018	Outlook 1)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B2+B4+B7+D2)/4	12.3	24.2	-6.5	21.0	24.0	24.2	++
A2 Old CCI = (B1+B2+B3+B4+C1)/5	6.6	20.6	-15.0	13.9	19.2	20.6	++
A3 Micro indicator = (B2+D1+D2)/3	25.6	33.4	9.5	30.6	31.0	31.1	++
A4 Macro indicator = (B4+B7)/2	0.5	22.8	-39.1	13.5	18.6	19.1	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.8	9.8	-4.0	5.7	8.2	6.9	++
- Better (%)	23.3	30.6	16.4	24.9	27.4	26.7
- Worse (%)	16.4	22.7	11.4	15.5	15.3	14.5
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.4	14.1	2.3	9.4	10.9	12.0	++
- Better (%)	25.8	33.4	18.2	28.9	29.6	28.8
- Worse (%)	11.4	17.7	6.6	11.8	11.1	8.2
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-2.1	29.5	-60.9	12.1	29.3	29.0	++
- Better (%)	27.2	62.1	2.0	42.1	60.8	60.2
- Worse (%)	28.1	88.5	4.2	17.1	7.8	6.6
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	4.1	25.3	-27.1	17.3	21.7	20.4	++
- Better (%)	32.0	57.3	11.6	48.8	51.0	47.8
- Worse (%)	22.4	57.3	6.0	14.0	8.2	7.4
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	2.2	5.8	-2.0	1.3	1.2	1.2
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.2	4.6	0.6	1.7	1.6	1.7
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-3.1	27.6	-51.1	9.7	15.4	17.9	++
- Less (%)	30.5	60.8	6.4	41.4	47.0	49.5
- More (%)	34.0	83.3	6.9	21.6	16.1	13.5
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-1.0	7.6	-18.8	2.1	5.1	5.9	++
- Decreased (%)	13.2	20.0	5.3	14.4	19.6	17.2
- Increased (%)	17.0	31.9	7.9	13.3	12.9	11.2
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	18.6	41.8	-14.2	25.2	25.7	34.5	++
- Favourable time (%)	44.6	62.4	29.6	49.4	45.7	49.8
- Unfavourable time (%)	26.1	45.7	15.2	24.2	20.0	15.2
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	10.7	36.8	-19.6	10.4	23.1	26.6	++
- Good time (%)	58.0	80.7	33.4	57.2	67.8	69.6
- Bad time (%)	36.4	58.5	15.5	38.7	26.3	23.4
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	18.2	42.0	-47.1	31.2	35.8	33.0	++
- Good time (%)	62.6	78.2	13.3	72.7	76.3	73.6
- Bad time (%)	30.4	83.4	12.1	21.5	17.4	18.7
D1 Household's financial situation now (balance)	28.7	35.3	14.7	34.6	34.2	34.7	++
- Can save (%)	60.1	70.0	38.6	68.1	66.8	68.3
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	6.8	10.1	4.5	6.0	6.0	6.7
D2 Household's saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.9	52.2	10.9	47.7	47.9	46.7	+
- Can save (%)	74.3	82.3	56.6	78.8	79.5	78.4
- Cannot save (%)	23.9	40.3	16.5	20.0	19.4	20.8
D5 Household's intentions to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of households)	13.1	17.8	9.1	12.0	13.3	12.1	-
- Yes, certainly (%)	5.6	8.5	3.1	5.7	5.8	6.3
- Possibly (%)	7.5	11.4	5.0	6.3	7.4	5.8
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs last 12 months (balance)	-8.9	-2.4	-18.2	-11.8	-3.1	-8.9	=
- More (%)	21.3	30.8	13.9	18.6	22.9	18.9
- Less (%)	32.6	40.4	25.6	33.8	25.6	30.6
E2 Intentions to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of households)	16.8	21.7	12.7	16.9	19.3	18.7	++
- Very likely (%)	8.5	12.1	5.1	7.1	9.4	9.5
- Fairly likely (%)	8.2	10.4	5.3	9.7	9.8	9.2
E4 Intentions to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	7.0	11.3	4.1	6.7	6.8	7.4	+
- Yes, certainly (%)	3.0	5.2	1.3	2.9	2.6	3.1
- Possibly (%)	4.0	6.2	2.2	3.8	4.2	4.3
E5 Intentions to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	18.8	27.0	9.8	18.2	18.0	18.5	=
- Very likely (%)	12.4	19.0	5.0	11.6	11.2	11.0
- Fairly likely (%)	6.4	9.1	3.2	6.6	6.8	7.6

1) ++ Outlook is very good, + Outlook is good, = Outlook is neutral, - Outlook is poor, -- Outlook is very poor. Deviation of balance from average has been compared to standard deviation.

Source: Consumer Survey 2018, January. Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.1.2018