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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	07/2020	06/2021	07/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-1.6	4.6	4.4	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	9.1	-5.3	2.8	7.6	9.1	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	25.3	28.4	29.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	19.6	15.2	14.5
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	10.3	10.8	9.8	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	28.4	27.3	27.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	10.9	10.4	11.5
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.8	25.9	-66.5	-57.9	-25.6	-16.6	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	3.5	17.6	23.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	83.2	56.4	46.2
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-8.4	8.2	7.8	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	31.7	43.7	41.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	39.1	25.9	23.6
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.0	2.8	3.1
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.3	2.8	2.9
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.8	20.3	-59.5	-19.6	3.8	3.4	+
- Less (%)	.	.	.	23.9	41.4	37.9
- More (%)	.	.	.	53.2	29.8	28.3
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.4	4.7	-26.6	-21.1	-4.2	-2.9	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	4.1	9.3	10.7
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	34.9	16.5	15.9
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	19.2	21.3	21.8	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	34.9	35.2	34.2
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	15.8	14.0	12.4
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.6	29.4	-28.5	4.6	18.3	20.4	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	51.3	64.2	65.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	46.8	34.4	34.0
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.4	31.7	-60.4	1.5	8.9	12.0	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	50.8	58.3	60.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	46.7	40.1	38.4
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.9	33.1	6.4	30.1	32.7	33.1	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	63.0	64.9	66.5
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.7	9.3	8.9
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.1	53.6	9.8	48.7	48.9	50.6	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.2	77.1	77.9
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	22.4	22.5	22.1
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.6	24.2	10.5	18.6	18.7	17.8	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.4	5.4	3.8
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	14.2	13.3	14.0
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-10.9	-8.3	-9.2	++
- More (%)	.	.	.	16.3	17.6	17.2
- Less (%)	.	.	.	28.5	26.6	27.4
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	17.9	18.3	16.3	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	5.3	5.0	5.1
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	12.6	13.3	11.2
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.7	18.1	9.1	17.1	15.0	16.3	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.2	5.1	4.3
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	11.9	10.0	12.0
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	22.9	22.3	23.6	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	9.3	8.6	6.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	13.6	13.7	16.6

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, July. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.7.2021