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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	06/2019	05/2020	06/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-4.6	-9.0	-3.9	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	4.1	1.5	2.8	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	26.1	24.4	24.3
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	19.3	20.6	19.1
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	6.3	7.1	8.7	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	26.3	26.9	27.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	15.3	16.9	13.0
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-6.1	25.9	-66.5	0.5	-64.8	-62.9	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	22.4	3.2	2.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	20.9	86.8	85.8
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.8	20.3	-32.8	-13.9	-28.1	-12.2	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	14.0	25.6	31.9
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	38.5	56.7	42.6
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.7	1.8	1.9
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.9	2.4	2.4
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.3	20.3	-59.5	-1.9	-40.6	-22.4	-
- Less (%)	.	.	.	26.3	16.5	24.2
- More (%)	.	.	.	28.1	72.3	56.7
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.0	4.7	-26.6	-2.5	-24.5	-21.7	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	7.2	3.8	3.5
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	12.3	40.5	36.8
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.7	43.5	-14.3	19.1	6.5	13.7	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	29.0	29.6	33.0
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	9.9	23.1	19.4
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	17.3	-6.2	2.1	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	63.9	43.2	49.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	34.4	55.4	49.0
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.6	31.7	-60.4	17.6	-16.6	-8.1	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	63.8	36.8	43.4
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	34.4	61.7	54.5
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.6	31.0	6.4	26.2	27.5	29.2	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	57.7	61.7	64.2
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.5	11.6	11.1
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.7	53.6	9.8	45.9	45.6	46.5	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	75.8	75.7	76.5
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	24.2	24.1	23.4
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	21.1	10.5	18.6	17.1	16.7	+
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.6	4.1	5.3
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	13.0	13.1	11.3
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-14.9	-16.6	-14.9	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	13.2	14.1	13.6
- Less (%)	.	.	.	32.7	35.2	33.7
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	15.0	12.9	12.8	-
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	5.4	3.9	4.7
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	9.7	9.1	8.1
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	16.5	9.1	13.1	14.9	14.6	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	3.9	3.8	4.3
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	9.2	11.1	10.2
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	20.7	20.1	18.7	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.9	6.4	7.0
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	12.9	13.6	11.7

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, June. Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.6.2020