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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	03/2021	02/2022	03/2022	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-3.0	0.5	-10.5	--
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.2	9.5	-5.3	2.7	6.2	2.9	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	24.0	27.1	25.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	18.5	19.2	22.4
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.2	13.5	1.2	12.6	11.0	3.1	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	32.1	30.2	25.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	11.1	12.9	21.1
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-8.0	25.9	-66.5	-49.6	-23.8	-28.6	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	4.1	16.6	13.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	77.3	52.3	58.0
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.1	20.3	-32.8	-12.3	-3.1	-31.0	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.5	30.1	13.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	42.0	30.7	60.6
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.3	4.4	4.8
- Prices have risen much or quite much (%)	.	.	.	15.3	51.5	57.7
- Prices have stayed the same or have fallen (%)	.	.	.	33.5	6.8	3.8
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.4	1.7	2.5	3.9	5.4
- Prices will rise faster or at the same rate (%)	.	.	.	63.2	71.1	88.9
- Prices will stay the same or will fall (%)	.	.	.	15.1	5.9	1.9
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.4	20.3	-59.5	-28.5	6.4	-11.2	=
- Less (%)	.	.	.	20.3	40.6	22.4
- More (%)	.	.	.	61.9	25.0	39.6
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.3	4.7	-26.6	-12.9	-4.3	-3.3	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	4.9	6.3	8.1
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	25.3	13.1	15.4
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.3	43.5	-14.3	13.3	9.7	-2.8	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	30.7	25.3	20.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	17.3	15.6	23.5
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.9	29.4	-28.5	9.1	10.8	8.7	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	55.7	57.6	54.9
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	42.6	41.1	44.5
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.4	31.7	-60.4	1.0	-0.1	-20.5	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	49.6	49.4	34.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	48.0	48.6	64.9
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.2	33.1	6.4	31.2	32.0	32.3	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	63.8	64.7	65.5
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.2	9.9	9.0
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.3	53.6	9.8	50.2	52.1	49.3	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.4	79.2	77.5
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	21.9	20.6	22.2
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.7	24.2	10.5	21.2	17.5	18.2	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.8	3.8	4.9
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	15.4	13.7	13.3
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-14.9	-12.4	-17.1	-
- More (%)	.	.	.	15.0	14.7	12.8
- Less (%)	.	.	.	33.2	30.5	37.0
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	15.6	14.8	14.1	=
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	5.1	5.6	4.0
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	10.5	9.2	10.2
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.5	9.1	16.5	17.2	16.7	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.4	4.8	6.2
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	11.1	12.4	10.5
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	21.5	18.3	16.9	=
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.1	6.7	5.6
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	14.4	11.6	11.3

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 2022, March. Statistics Finland

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Updated 28.3.2022