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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	08/2019	07/2020	08/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-4.5	-1.6	-5.1	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	5.4	2.8	0.7	-
- Better (%)	25.8	29.9	20.2	26.9	25.3	23.5
- Worse (%)	18.5	21.8	14.6	17.6	19.6	21.8
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	6.5	10.3	9.8	+
- Better (%)	27.2	29.7	23.6	25.5	28.4	29.0
- Worse (%)	14.3	20.6	10.9	14.5	10.9	13.7
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-6.5	25.9	-66.5	-7.2	-57.9	-59.2	--
- Better (%)	10.8	29.2	2.2	15.9	3.5	2.2
- Worse (%)	48.4	86.8	18.0	28.2	83.2	85.8
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.9	20.3	-32.8	-15.7	-8.4	-16.8	--
- Better (%)	17.0	31.9	9.6	11.6	31.7	23.2
- Worse (%)	43.4	61.0	30.8	39.0	39.1	45.6
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.7	2.0	2.3
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.7	2.3	2.5
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.4	20.3	-59.5	-5.3	-19.6	-26.8	-
- Less (%)	20.0	26.3	10.2	22.1	23.9	16.7
- More (%)	44.6	82.0	28.1	31.0	53.2	60.2
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.1	4.7	-26.6	-2.7	-21.1	-18.5	--
- Decreased (%)	6.3	9.2	2.3	7.8	4.1	4.4
- Increased (%)	22.6	41.3	12.3	12.9	34.9	32.9
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.6	43.5	-14.3	21.0	19.2	10.3	-
- Good time (%)	29.3	34.9	20.4	30.6	34.9	28.3
- Bad time (%)	14.6	34.7	9.6	9.6	15.8	18.0
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	19.0	4.6	3.4	=
- Good time (%)	58.2	67.4	39.7	65.9	51.3	49.9
- Bad time (%)	40.2	59.2	31.4	32.2	46.8	48.7
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.6	31.7	-60.4	21.2	1.5	-1.6	-
- Good time (%)	57.8	69.5	28.1	66.9	50.8	47.8
- Bad time (%)	40.4	69.8	29.3	31.8	46.7	50.2
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.6	31.0	6.4	28.0	30.1	30.3	++
- Money is saved (%)	61.6	64.7	57.7	61.2	63.0	64.7
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	10.4	11.6	8.5	11.1	10.7	10.3
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.8	53.6	9.8	49.5	48.7	47.7	+
- Can save (%)	76.7	78.6	73.1	78.2	77.2	77.0
- Cannot save (%)	23.1	26.5	21.0	21.6	22.4	22.9
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	21.1	10.5	19.1	18.6	20.3	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	5.1	6.3	3.8	5.8	4.4	5.8
- Possibly (%)	13.6	15.5	11.3	13.3	14.2	14.5
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-14.4	-10.9	-13.9	+
- More (%)	14.2	16.6	9.2	16.2	16.3	13.9
- Less (%)	34.2	45.5	28.5	34.7	28.5	31.2
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	16.2	17.9	14.8	+
- Very likely (%)	5.2	7.5	3.1	5.8	5.3	4.2
- Quite likely (%)	9.9	12.6	8.1	10.4	12.6	10.6
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	17.1	9.1	14.8	17.1	16.3	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	4.3	5.4	3.4	4.0	5.2	4.2
- Possibly (%)	10.3	12.1	8.4	10.8	11.9	12.1
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	21.5	22.9	19.5	+
- Very likely (%)	7.4	9.3	5.5	8.3	9.3	6.6
- Quite likely (%)	13.0	14.7	11.4	13.2	13.6	13.0

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, August. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.8.2020