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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	04/2020	03/2021	04/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-13.9	-3.0	3.8	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	9.0	-5.3	-0.3	2.7	9.0	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	20.2	24.0	28.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	20.8	18.5	15.2
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	12.6	12.1	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	23.6	32.1	28.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	20.6	11.1	9.7
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.7	25.9	-66.5	-59.8	-49.6	-42.5	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	4.0	4.1	7.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	82.5	77.3	70.8
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.1	20.3	-32.8	-30.8	-12.3	0.8	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.1	27.5	38.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	61.0	42.0	31.9
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.1	2.3	2.3
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.4	2.5	2.5
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.9	20.3	-59.5	-55.1	-28.5	-11.7	=
- Less (%)	.	.	.	10.2	20.3	30.5
- More (%)	.	.	.	82.0	61.9	45.9
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.5	4.7	-26.6	-26.6	-12.9	-8.4	-
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	2.3	4.9	8.6
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	41.3	25.3	21.5
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	-14.3	13.3	18.1	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	20.4	30.7	32.9
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	34.7	17.3	14.8
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.4	29.4	-28.5	-12.0	9.1	17.0	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	39.7	55.7	62.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	59.2	42.6	36.1
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.4	31.7	-60.4	-29.1	1.0	10.9	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	28.1	49.6	57.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	69.8	48.0	41.2
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.8	32.9	6.4	29.4	31.2	32.9	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	62.4	63.8	65.3
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.6	10.2	9.9
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.0	53.6	9.8	41.9	50.2	51.9	++
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	73.9	77.4	78.9
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	25.6	21.9	20.6
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.5	24.2	10.5	16.9	21.2	24.2	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	3.8	5.8	6.5
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	13.1	15.4	17.7
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.2	-6.9	-26.7	-26.7	-14.9	-6.9	++
- More (%)	.	.	.	9.2	15.0	19.5
- Less (%)	.	.	.	45.5	33.2	27.8
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	11.6	15.6	16.1	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	3.1	5.1	5.2
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	8.5	10.5	10.8
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.7	18.1	9.1	12.4	16.5	16.8	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.0	5.4	5.7
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	8.4	11.1	11.2
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.5	26.0	8.1	16.9	21.5	23.0	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	5.5	7.1	9.7
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	11.4	14.4	13.2

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, April. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.4.2021