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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	07/2019	06/2020	07/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-3.9	-3.9	-1.6	=
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	4.4	2.8	2.8	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	26.9	24.3	25.3
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	18.5	19.1	19.6
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	7.6	8.7	10.3	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	28.1	27.1	28.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	15.8	13.0	10.9
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-6.3	25.9	-66.5	-4.5	-62.9	-57.9	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	17.8	2.8	3.5
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	24.8	85.8	83.2
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.8	20.3	-32.8	-14.8	-12.2	-8.4	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	12.5	31.9	31.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	37.2	42.6	39.1
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.7	1.9	2.0
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.8	2.4	2.3
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.3	20.3	-59.5	-3.7	-22.4	-19.6	-
- Less (%)	.	.	.	24.1	24.2	23.9
- More (%)	.	.	.	29.7	56.7	53.2
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.0	4.7	-26.6	-3.1	-21.7	-21.1	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	7.6	3.5	4.1
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	13.7	36.8	34.9
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.7	43.5	-14.3	23.3	13.7	19.2	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	33.1	33.0	34.9
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	9.8	19.4	15.8
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	21.2	2.1	4.6	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	66.9	49.6	51.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	31.9	49.0	46.8
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.6	31.7	-60.4	19.0	-8.1	1.5	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	65.2	43.4	50.8
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	32.9	54.5	46.7
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.6	31.0	6.4	30.1	29.2	30.1	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	61.0	64.2	63.0
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	8.5	11.1	10.7
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.8	53.6	9.8	45.9	46.5	48.7	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	75.9	76.5	77.2
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	23.7	23.4	22.4
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	21.1	10.5	18.7	16.7	18.6	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.8	5.3	4.4
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	13.0	11.3	14.2
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-12.8	-14.9	-10.9	++
- More (%)	.	.	.	16.6	13.6	16.3
- Less (%)	.	.	.	32.1	33.7	28.5
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	16.3	12.8	17.9	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.5	4.7	5.3
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	8.7	8.1	12.6
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	17.1	9.1	12.8	14.6	17.1	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	3.6	4.3	5.2
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	9.2	10.2	11.9
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	21.3	18.7	22.9	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.8	7.0	9.3
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	14.5	11.7	13.6

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, July. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.7.2020