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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	01/2020	12/2020	01/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-4.6	-4.6	-0.9	=
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	5.4	2.8	3.2	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	25.4	24.0	24.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	16.4	19.5	19.6
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	8.9	8.5	10.8	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	28.2	27.2	30.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	12.3	13.0	12.3
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.3	25.9	-66.5	-12.0	-55.5	-50.5	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	10.4	2.2	3.9
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	30.8	83.9	79.7
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.1	20.3	-32.8	-14.4	-13.9	-2.5	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	13.3	28.1	35.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	37.7	43.5	33.3
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.7	2.1	2.2
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.6	2.3	2.3
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.8	20.3	-59.5	-10.9	-32.5	-20.7	-
- Less (%)	.	.	.	18.8	18.7	24.5
- More (%)	.	.	.	36.7	64.2	54.8
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.4	4.7	-26.6	-5.6	-18.2	-16.9	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	8.2	5.1	5.4
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	18.0	32.6	29.8
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	18.7	12.3	16.9	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	29.6	29.9	32.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	10.9	17.6	15.8
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	13.7	7.2	12.8	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	60.5	54.5	59.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	37.3	43.8	40.2
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.4	31.7	-60.4	21.3	-4.3	4.6	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	66.3	45.4	53.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	31.7	52.0	45.3
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.8	31.0	6.4	26.5	29.7	30.1	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	58.5	62.9	63.0
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.6	9.5	10.5
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.9	53.6	9.8	44.1	45.7	50.1	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	73.1	75.7	77.8
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	26.5	24.0	22.0
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.5	22.1	10.5	18.4	19.5	18.5	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.1	5.1	5.1
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	14.4	14.4	13.3
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-18.2	-15.8	-14.9	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	13.0	13.4	14.4
- Less (%)	.	.	.	36.6	33.7	33.3
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	15.2	13.8	15.1	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.9	4.0	4.4
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	10.4	9.8	10.7
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.7	17.9	9.1	13.3	15.0	16.6	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	3.4	3.9	4.5
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	9.9	11.1	12.0
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.5	26.0	8.1	19.6	19.4	23.5	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.9	6.8	8.5
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	12.8	12.7	15.1

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 2021, January. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.1.2021