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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	09/2020	08/2021	09/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-5.9	4.0	6.0	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	9.5	-5.3	2.3	9.3	9.5	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	23.3	30.7	28.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	20.6	15.1	14.6
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	7.0	11.6	11.3	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.3	29.8	29.3
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	15.2	10.8	10.9
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.8	25.9	-66.5	-57.7	-14.0	-4.4	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	2.2	23.7	32.3
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	84.2	44.7	36.5
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-18.1	4.0	10.6	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	24.6	38.0	42.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	46.1	27.2	20.6
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.0	3.2	3.0
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.2	3.0	2.9
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.7	20.3	-59.5	-39.9	0.9	10.1	++
- Less (%)	.	.	.	13.0	34.6	44.5
- More (%)	.	.	.	70.6	30.4	21.4
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.4	4.7	-26.6	-22.1	-4.0	0.8	++
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	4.4	11.3	11.2
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	37.7	18.4	10.6
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	9.7	17.0	19.3	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	27.6	31.5	32.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	17.9	14.5	13.4
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.7	29.4	-28.5	6.7	22.2	26.4	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	53.5	67.0	70.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	45.6	32.1	28.3
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	-6.5	12.5	17.8	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	43.7	59.5	64.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	54.2	38.6	34.0
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.0	33.1	6.4	30.0	33.0	32.7	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	63.4	65.2	65.1
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.4	8.9	9.8
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.2	53.6	9.8	47.6	51.1	48.7	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.0	78.3	76.6
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	22.5	21.2	22.9
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.6	24.2	10.5	22.1	18.9	21.5	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	6.2	5.8	6.0
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	15.9	13.1	15.5
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-14.8	-8.8	-7.5	++
- More (%)	.	.	.	13.6	17.6	16.2
- Less (%)	.	.	.	32.3	28.1	24.7
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	15.8	16.0	17.1	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	5.0	7.0	6.3
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	10.7	9.0	10.8
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.5	9.1	17.9	16.6	18.5	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	6.1	5.4	5.6
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	11.8	11.2	12.9
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	20.5	21.9	22.2	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.1	8.4	8.7
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	13.4	13.5	13.5

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, September. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.9.2021