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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	11/2020	10/2021	11/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-4.8	2.7	1.2	+
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.2	9.5	-5.3	1.6	6.9	7.6	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	22.2	27.1	27.9
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	19.3	17.0	15.2
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.2	13.5	1.2	7.8	11.8	10.7	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	25.5	29.4	29.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	13.1	10.5	11.5
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.9	25.9	-66.5	-54.9	-7.8	-14.5	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	3.1	29.8	24.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	83.5	38.9	44.5
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-14.4	5.0	-2.4	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	25.5	36.6	28.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	42.6	24.5	29.0
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.1	3.3	3.8
- Prices have risen much or quite much (%)	.	.	.	11.8	32.3	43.3
- Prices have stayed the same or have fallen (%)	.	.	.	38.7	14.7	8.5
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.2	3.2	3.6
- Prices will rise faster or at the same rate (%)	.	.	.	52.5	71.9	75.6
- Prices will stay the same or will fall (%)	.	.	.	21.0	9.7	6.2
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.5	20.3	-59.5	-31.8	7.2	7.7	++
- Less (%)	.	.	.	17.6	39.3	39.5
- More (%)	.	.	.	65.3	21.9	22.9
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.4	4.7	-26.6	-16.6	-1.8	-1.5	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	6.5	9.3	9.7
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	32.0	13.7	13.3
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	11.4	17.0	14.6	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	27.7	29.7	30.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	16.3	12.8	15.6
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.8	29.4	-28.5	3.5	23.6	21.2	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	50.7	68.3	67.4
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	48.2	30.0	31.5
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	-2.6	11.3	11.9	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	47.4	58.4	60.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	50.0	39.5	37.6
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.1	33.1	6.4	29.7	31.3	30.9	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	62.6	63.6	64.2
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.3	10.3	11.0
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.2	53.6	9.8	47.2	48.0	47.2	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	76.2	77.6	75.8
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	23.6	21.8	23.6
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.6	24.2	10.5	17.8	18.8	19.4	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.2	5.7	4.5
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	12.6	13.2	14.9
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-14.4	-13.0	-11.2	++
- More (%)	.	.	.	12.9	14.1	14.4
- Less (%)	.	.	.	31.2	31.5	29.4
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	14.8	17.3	15.7	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.7	6.7	3.8
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	10.1	10.6	11.9
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.5	9.1	16.4	15.2	16.6	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.3	5.1	4.5
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	11.1	10.1	12.1
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	20.6	21.1	24.0	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.9	8.0	7.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	13.7	13.1	16.1

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, November. Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.11.2021