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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	04/2019	03/2020	04/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-1.7	-7.1	-13.9	--
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	6.1	5.2	-0.3	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	27.4	20.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	18.9	20.8
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	8.7	9.1	2.3	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	29.7	23.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	14.2	20.6
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-5.7	25.9	-66.5	4.5	-20.8	-59.8	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	8.4	4.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	42.2	82.5
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.7	20.3	-32.8	-6.6	-25.8	-30.8	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	10.8	27.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	52.4	61.0
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.6	2.4	2.1
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	3.0	5.3	1.7	2.5	2.3	2.4
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.2	20.3	-59.5	-2.8	-19.7	-55.1	--
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	15.7	10.2
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	46.8	82.0
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-5.8	4.7	-26.6	-0.4	-8.1	-26.6	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	.	7.8	2.3
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	.	21.1	41.3
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.7	43.5	-14.3	21.0	12.2	-14.3	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	27.1	20.4
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	14.9	34.7
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	24.1	13.7	-12.0	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	60.8	39.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	37.2	59.2
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.8	31.7	-60.4	13.8	11.9	-29.1	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	59.5	28.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	38.7	69.8
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.5	31.0	6.4	29.5	29.7	29.4	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	.	62.5	62.4
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	.	10.4	10.6
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.7	53.6	9.8	53.4	49.4	41.9	=
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	.	78.2	73.9
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	.	21.2	25.6
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	21.1	10.5	16.7	21.1	16.9	+
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	5.7	3.8
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	15.5	13.1
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-15.1	-17.0	-26.7	--
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	13.6	9.2
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	35.6	45.5
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	15.4	14.5	11.6	--
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	4.9	3.1
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	9.6	8.5
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.5	16.5	9.1	13.4	14.3	12.4	=
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	4.2	4.0
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	10.1	8.4
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	20.6	22.1	16.9	=
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	7.4	5.5
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	14.7	11.4

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, April. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.4.2020