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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	02/2019	01/2020	02/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-12.8	-2.4	-4.6	-4.5	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	6.3	5.4	3.5	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	25.4	24.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	16.4	18.6
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	9.1	8.9	6.8	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	28.2	24.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	12.3	13.5
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-5.5	25.9	-66.5	3.5	-12.0	-14.5	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	10.4	11.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	30.8	35.3
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.5	20.3	-32.8	-10.6	-14.4	-14.3	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	13.3	13.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	37.7	37.1
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.5	2.7	2.8
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	3.0	5.3	1.7	2.5	2.6	2.7
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.0	20.3	-59.5	-0.8	-10.9	-5.0	+
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	18.8	25.7
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	36.7	32.5
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-5.7	4.7	-25.1	1.5	-5.6	-5.7	=
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	.	8.2	6.4
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	.	18.0	16.4
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.9	43.5	-13.8	21.2	18.7	19.5	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	29.6	30.0
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	10.9	10.5
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.4	29.4	-28.5	21.1	13.7	19.9	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	60.5	65.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	37.3	33.1
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.9	31.7	-60.4	10.8	21.3	23.4	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	66.3	68.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	31.7	29.9
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.5	31.0	6.4	29.9	26.5	28.4	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	.	58.5	60.4
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	.	10.6	9.5
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.6	53.6	9.8	51.4	44.1	48.3	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	.	73.1	76.5
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	.	26.5	23.3
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	20.4	10.5	16.6	18.4	19.9	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	4.1	5.3
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	14.4	14.6
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.2	-14.4	-18.2	-14.0	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	13.0	14.8
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	36.6	32.5
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	14.1	15.2	13.9	=
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	4.9	4.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	10.4	9.0
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.5	16.5	9.1	14.3	13.3	14.4	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	3.4	4.6
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	9.9	9.8
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.3	26.0	8.1	16.8	19.6	18.7	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	6.9	6.3
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	12.8	12.5

1) Period 10/1995–04/2019: information on response distributions cannot be presented – only the (revised) balance figures, inflation estimates and some percentage shares are published.
2) Outlook: ++ very good, + good, = neutral, - poor, -- very poor; deviation of balance from average has been compared to standard deviation.

Source: Consumer Confidence 2020, February. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.2.2020