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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	10/2020	09/2021	10/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-6.9	6.0	2.7	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	9.5	-5.3	3.9	9.5	6.9	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	23.8	28.8	27.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	18.1	14.6	17.0
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.2	13.5	1.2	6.7	11.3	11.8	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	25.6	29.3	29.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	15.2	10.9	10.5
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.8	25.9	-66.5	-61.0	-4.4	-7.8	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	2.9	32.3	29.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	87.5	36.5	38.9
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-24.9	10.6	5.0	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	20.5	42.0	36.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	52.2	20.6	24.5
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.0	3.0	3.3
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.4	2.9	3.2
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.6	20.3	-59.5	-45.5	10.1	7.2	+
- Less (%)	.	.	.	12.2	44.5	39.3
- More (%)	.	.	.	76.3	21.4	21.9
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.4	4.7	-26.6	-20.8	0.8	-1.8	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	4.0	11.2	9.3
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	33.8	10.6	13.7
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	11.2	19.3	17.0	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	29.2	32.6	29.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	18.0	13.4	12.8
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.7	29.4	-28.5	5.7	26.4	23.6	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	53.1	70.7	68.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	45.8	28.3	30.0
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	-5.9	17.8	11.3	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	44.1	64.3	58.4
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	53.6	34.0	39.5
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.0	33.1	6.4	30.9	32.7	31.3	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	64.9	65.1	63.6
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	9.0	9.8	10.3
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.2	53.6	9.8	49.3	48.7	48.0	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.3	76.6	77.6
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	22.6	22.9	21.8
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.6	24.2	10.5	19.3	21.5	18.8	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.1	6.0	5.7
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	14.2	15.5	13.2
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-13.4	-7.5	-13.0	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	14.1	16.2	14.1
- Less (%)	.	.	.	30.8	24.7	31.5
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	16.0	17.1	17.3	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.8	6.3	6.7
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	11.2	10.8	10.6
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.5	9.1	15.2	18.5	15.2	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.7	5.6	5.1
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	10.5	12.9	10.1
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	21.4	22.2	21.1	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.6	8.7	8.0
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	14.8	13.5	13.1

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, October. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.10.2021