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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	02/2021	01/2022	02/2022	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-0.8	-1.7	0.5	+
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.2	9.5	-5.3	-1.7	4.4	6.2	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	22.1	26.5	27.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	25.1	18.5	19.2
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.2	13.5	1.2	12.7	11.6	11.0	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	32.8	30.2	30.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	10.9	11.0	12.9
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-8.0	25.9	-66.5	-48.8	-22.6	-23.8	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	4.3	13.8	16.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	78.5	49.1	52.3
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-2.1	-8.0	-3.1	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	35.5	23.1	30.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	34.1	33.9	30.7
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.3	3.8	4.4
- Prices have risen much or quite much (%)	.	.	.	13.7	42.6	51.5
- Prices have stayed the same or have fallen (%)	.	.	.	36.4	7.7	6.8
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.4	3.7	3.9
- Prices will rise faster or at the same rate (%)	.	.	.	58.3	77.0	71.1
- Prices will stay the same or will fall (%)	.	.	.	17.1	4.7	5.9
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.4	20.3	-59.5	-20.7	-6.0	6.4	+
- Less (%)	.	.	.	24.4	30.4	40.6
- More (%)	.	.	.	56.2	34.8	25.0
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.3	4.7	-26.6	-11.9	-3.8	-4.3	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	5.2	6.7	6.3
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	24.6	13.6	13.1
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.4	43.5	-14.3	20.4	7.6	9.7	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	33.8	25.7	25.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	13.4	18.1	15.6
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.9	29.4	-28.5	11.0	15.5	10.8	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	55.9	61.3	57.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	42.2	36.7	41.1
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	6.5	5.4	-0.1	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	53.4	53.6	49.4
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	44.4	44.5	48.6
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.2	33.1	6.4	28.6	30.0	32.0	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	62.3	62.1	64.7
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	12.2	11.5	9.9
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.3	53.6	9.8	48.3	46.6	52.1	++
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	75.9	75.9	79.2
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	23.6	24.0	20.6
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.7	24.2	10.5	20.9	18.6	17.5	+
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.2	5.7	3.8
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	15.7	12.9	13.7
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-11.8	-14.9	-12.4	++
- More (%)	.	.	.	16.0	13.5	14.7
- Less (%)	.	.	.	30.0	32.6	30.5
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	15.5	16.2	14.8	=
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.6	4.6	5.6
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	10.9	11.6	9.2
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.5	9.1	18.1	17.6	17.2	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.3	5.3	4.8
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	12.8	12.4	12.4
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.7	26.0	8.1	18.7	19.9	18.3	=
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.8	7.3	6.7
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	11.9	12.7	11.6

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 2022, February. Statistics Finland

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Updated 25.2.2022