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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	03/2017	02/2018	03/2018	Outlook 1)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B2+B4+B7+D2)/4	12.4	25.8	-6.5	22.9	25.8	24.7	++
A2 Old CCI = (B1+B2+B3+B4+C1)/5	6.7	20.6	-15.0	13.3	19.6	17.8	++
A3 Micro indicator = (B2+D1+D2)/3	25.7	33.4	9.5	31.7	31.0	32.4	++
A4 Macro indicator = (B4+B7)/2	0.6	22.8	-39.1	15.0	21.4	18.7	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.9	9.8	-4.0	2.7	7.1	6.2	+
- Better (%)	23.3	30.6	16.4	21.0	26.8	24.7
- Worse (%)	16.4	22.7	11.4	16.0	15.0	15.2
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.4	14.1	2.3	12.4	12.8	10.7	+
- Better (%)	25.8	33.4	18.2	30.6	30.1	27.7
- Worse (%)	11.3	17.7	6.6	9.3	9.1	9.4
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-1.8	29.5	-60.9	16.7	28.7	27.5	++
- Better (%)	27.4	62.1	2.0	46.1	59.4	58.3
- Worse (%)	27.9	88.5	4.2	12.6	7.0	7.7
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	4.2	25.3	-27.1	17.9	20.9	18.0	++
- Better (%)	32.1	57.3	11.6	45.8	48.5	44.9
- Worse (%)	22.3	57.3	6.0	10.7	8.1	9.1
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	2.2	5.8	-2.0	0.9	1.3	1.3
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.2	4.6	0.6	1.6	1.7	1.8
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-3.0	27.6	-51.1	12.1	22.0	19.5	++
- Less (%)	30.7	60.8	6.4	43.0	55.2	51.9
- More (%)	33.9	83.3	6.9	18.4	12.0	13.6
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-0.9	7.6	-18.8	4.8	6.5	6.1	++
- Decreased (%)	13.2	20.0	5.3	17.5	17.8	18.4
- Increased (%)	16.9	31.9	7.9	13.3	10.1	12.2
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	18.6	41.8	-14.2	17.0	28.3	26.5	+
- Favourable time (%)	44.6	62.4	29.6	41.5	44.1	43.6
- Unfavourable time (%)	26.0	45.7	15.2	24.5	15.8	17.2
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	10.8	36.8	-19.6	12.7	26.5	27.2	++
- Good time (%)	58.1	80.7	33.4	58.6	69.9	70.9
- Bad time (%)	36.3	58.5	15.5	35.9	23.9	23.1
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	18.3	42.0	-47.1	32.1	29.5	31.1	+
- Good time (%)	62.6	78.2	13.3	73.1	71.5	73.1
- Bad time (%)	30.3	83.4	12.1	20.8	20.8	18.2
D1 Household's financial situation now (balance)	28.8	36.1	14.7	33.7	32.9	36.1	++
- Can save (%)	60.1	70.4	38.6	67.2	66.7	70.4
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	6.8	10.1	4.5	6.4	8.2	6.1
D2 Household's saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.9	52.2	10.9	49.1	47.3	50.5	++
- Can save (%)	74.3	82.3	56.6	79.7	79.2	81.9
- Cannot save (%)	23.9	40.3	16.5	18.6	19.0	16.5
D5 Household's intentions to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of households)	13.1	17.8	9.1	12.6	12.8	14.0	+
- Yes, certainly (%)	5.6	8.5	3.1	5.6	5.7	6.8
- Possibly (%)	7.5	11.4	5.0	7.0	7.1	7.1
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs last 12 months (balance)	-8.9	-2.4	-18.2	-8.7	-9.1	-8.6	=
- More (%)	21.3	30.8	13.9	20.2	20.2	20.2
- Less (%)	32.6	40.4	25.6	29.7	31.7	31.0
E2 Intentions to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of households)	16.8	21.7	12.7	17.1	16.0	16.3	=
- Very likely (%)	8.5	12.1	5.1	7.6	7.2	8.8
- Fairly likely (%)	8.2	10.4	5.3	9.5	8.8	7.6
E4 Intentions to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	7.0	11.3	4.1	5.7	8.5	6.0	-
- Yes, certainly (%)	3.0	5.2	1.3	2.2	2.6	2.6
- Possibly (%)	4.0	6.2	2.2	3.5	5.9	3.3
E5 Intentions to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	18.8	27.0	9.8	19.3	19.9	18.5	=
- Very likely (%)	12.4	19.0	5.0	12.0	12.4	11.7
- Fairly likely (%)	6.4	9.1	3.2	7.3	7.5	6.8

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

Source: Consumer Survey 2018, March. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.3.2018