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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	11/2019	10/2020	11/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-5.0	-6.9	-4.8	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	4.9	3.9	1.6	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	26.4	23.8	22.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	18.3	18.1	19.3
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	9.0	6.7	7.8	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.6	25.6	25.5
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	12.8	15.2	13.1
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.0	25.9	-66.5	-16.0	-61.0	-54.9	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	10.1	2.9	3.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	38.8	87.5	83.5
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.1	20.3	-32.8	-19.7	-24.9	-14.4	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	10.3	20.5	25.5
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	43.8	52.2	42.6
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.5	2.0	2.1
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.2
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.7	20.3	-59.5	-12.9	-45.5	-31.8	--
- Less (%)	.	.	.	15.9	12.2	17.6
- More (%)	.	.	.	39.0	76.3	65.3
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.3	4.7	-26.6	-5.1	-20.8	-16.6	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	6.7	4.0	6.5
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	15.4	33.8	32.0
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.6	43.5	-14.3	15.1	11.2	11.4	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	26.5	29.2	27.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	11.4	18.0	16.3
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	15.2	5.7	3.5	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	61.7	53.1	50.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	36.5	45.8	48.2
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	19.6	-5.9	-2.6	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	64.8	44.1	47.4
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	33.2	53.6	50.0
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.7	31.0	6.4	27.4	30.9	29.7	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	59.7	64.9	62.6
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	11.4	9.0	10.3
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.9	53.6	9.8	50.5	49.3	47.2	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	78.6	77.3	76.2
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	21.1	22.6	23.6
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.5	22.1	10.5	20.4	19.3	17.8	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.7	5.1	5.2
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	14.7	14.2	12.6
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-13.9	-13.4	-14.4	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	16.0	14.1	12.9
- Less (%)	.	.	.	33.4	30.8	31.2
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	16.7	16.0	14.8	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	5.6	4.8	4.7
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	11.1	11.2	10.1
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	17.9	9.1	15.5	15.2	16.4	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.0	4.7	5.3
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	10.5	10.5	11.1
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	21.3	21.4	20.6	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	8.2	6.6	6.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	13.1	14.8	13.7

1) Long-term average, maximum and minimum figures cannot be presented for response distributions.
2) Outlook: ++ very good, + good, = neutral, - poor, -- very poor; deviation of balance from average has been compared to standard deviation.

Source: Consumer Confidence 2020, November. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.11.2020