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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	12/2020	11/2021	12/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-4.6	1.2	-3.5	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.2	9.5	-5.3	2.8	7.6	2.9	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	24.0	27.9	24.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	19.5	15.2	19.2
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.2	13.5	1.2	8.5	10.7	7.2	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.2	29.1	27.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	13.0	11.5	14.7
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.9	25.9	-66.5	-55.5	-14.5	-15.5	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	2.2	24.0	22.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	83.9	44.5	45.4
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-13.9	-2.4	-7.4	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	28.1	28.7	24.5
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	43.5	29.0	33.8
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.1	3.8	3.9
- Prices have risen much or quite much (%)	.	.	.	11.6	43.3	43.0
- Prices have stayed the same or have fallen (%)	.	.	.	41.8	8.5	9.5
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.3	3.6	3.6
- Prices will rise faster or at the same rate (%)	.	.	.	55.0	75.6	73.0
- Prices will stay the same or will fall (%)	.	.	.	21.6	6.2	6.0
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.5	20.3	-59.5	-32.5	7.7	-0.0	+
- Less (%)	.	.	.	18.7	39.5	31.3
- More (%)	.	.	.	64.2	22.9	28.0
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.3	4.7	-26.6	-18.2	-1.5	-2.1	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	5.1	9.7	8.6
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	32.6	13.3	13.5
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.4	43.5	-14.3	12.3	14.6	7.0	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	29.9	30.1	24.9
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	17.6	15.6	17.9
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.8	29.4	-28.5	7.2	21.2	15.1	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	54.5	67.4	61.2
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	43.8	31.5	37.8
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	-4.3	11.9	5.8	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	45.4	60.3	54.9
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	52.0	37.6	43.1
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.1	33.1	6.4	29.7	30.9	29.1	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	62.9	64.2	62.7
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	9.5	11.0	11.0
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.3	53.6	9.8	45.7	47.2	48.1	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	75.7	75.8	76.4
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	24.0	23.6	23.1
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.6	24.2	10.5	19.5	19.4	19.5	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.1	4.5	6.6
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	14.4	14.9	12.9
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-15.8	-11.2	-16.6	=
- More (%)	.	.	.	13.4	14.4	12.1
- Less (%)	.	.	.	33.7	29.4	33.1
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	13.8	15.7	15.3	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.0	3.8	5.0
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	9.8	11.9	10.3
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.5	9.1	15.0	16.6	13.5	+
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	3.9	4.5	4.0
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	11.1	12.1	9.5
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	19.4	24.0	22.1	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.8	7.9	7.8
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	12.7	16.1	14.3

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, December. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.12.2021