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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	04/2017	03/2018	04/2018	Outlook 1)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B2+B4+B7+D2)/4	12.4	25.8	-6.5	21.5	24.7	23.2	++
A2 Old CCI = (B1+B2+B3+B4+C1)/5	6.7	20.6	-15.0	15.5	17.8	16.9	++
A3 Micro indicator = (B2+D1+D2)/3	25.7	33.4	9.5	28.5	32.4	29.0	+
A4 Macro indicator = (B4+B7)/2	0.7	22.8	-39.1	17.1	18.7	19.6	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.9	9.8	-4.0	3.9	6.2	5.8	+
- Better (%)	23.3	30.6	16.4	23.3	24.7	25.4
- Worse (%)	16.4	22.7	11.4	16.5	15.2	15.1
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.4	14.1	2.3	10.0	10.7	9.7	+
- Better (%)	25.8	33.4	18.2	28.1	27.7	26.4
- Worse (%)	11.3	17.7	6.6	10.5	9.4	9.7
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-1.7	29.5	-60.9	21.0	27.5	26.2	++
- Better (%)	27.5	62.1	2.0	51.9	58.3	56.2
- Worse (%)	27.8	88.5	4.2	10.3	7.7	8.3
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	4.2	25.3	-27.1	21.1	18.0	17.6	++
- Better (%)	32.2	57.3	11.6	51.8	44.9	43.2
- Worse (%)	22.2	57.3	6.0	10.0	9.1	8.9
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	2.2	5.8	-2.0	1.1	1.3	1.6
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.2	4.6	0.6	1.6	1.8	1.8
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.9	27.6	-51.1	13.2	19.5	21.6	++
- Less (%)	30.8	60.8	6.4	45.4	51.9	53.9
- More (%)	33.8	83.3	6.9	18.7	13.6	11.4
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-0.9	7.6	-18.8	4.6	6.1	4.0	+
- Decreased (%)	13.2	20.0	5.3	17.7	18.4	15.7
- Increased (%)	16.9	31.9	7.9	13.7	12.2	12.4
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	18.7	41.8	-14.2	21.5	26.5	25.4	+
- Favourable time (%)	44.6	62.4	29.6	43.7	43.6	44.5
- Unfavourable time (%)	26.0	45.7	15.2	22.2	17.2	19.1
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	10.8	36.8	-19.6	12.9	27.2	26.9	++
- Good time (%)	58.1	80.7	33.4	59.9	70.9	70.4
- Bad time (%)	36.3	58.5	15.5	35.0	23.1	22.8
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	18.3	42.0	-47.1	33.3	31.1	31.9	+
- Good time (%)	62.7	78.2	13.3	74.9	73.1	74.0
- Bad time (%)	30.2	83.4	12.1	20.6	18.2	18.2
D1 Household's financial situation now (balance)	28.8	36.1	14.7	33.7	36.1	33.4	+
- Can save (%)	60.2	70.4	38.6	67.0	70.4	67.3
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	6.8	10.1	4.5	6.6	6.1	7.5
D2 Household's saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.9	52.2	10.9	41.7	50.5	43.9	+
- Can save (%)	74.3	82.3	56.6	75.0	81.9	76.4
- Cannot save (%)	23.9	40.3	16.5	24.1	16.5	22.2
D5 Household's intentions to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of households)	13.1	17.8	9.1	14.5	14.0	13.0	=
- Yes, certainly (%)	5.6	8.5	3.1	6.8	6.8	6.4
- Possibly (%)	7.5	11.4	5.0	7.6	7.1	6.5
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs last 12 months (balance)	-8.9	-2.4	-18.2	-8.9	-8.6	-8.6	=
- More (%)	21.3	30.8	13.9	19.9	20.2	19.4
- Less (%)	32.6	40.4	25.6	31.0	31.0	29.9
E2 Intentions to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of households)	16.8	21.7	12.7	17.1	16.3	17.1	=
- Very likely (%)	8.5	12.1	5.1	9.5	8.8	8.1
- Fairly likely (%)	8.2	10.4	5.3	7.7	7.6	9.0
E4 Intentions to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	7.0	11.3	4.1	7.6	6.0	7.6	+
- Yes, certainly (%)	3.0	5.2	1.3	2.8	2.6	2.7
- Possibly (%)	4.0	6.2	2.2	4.9	3.3	4.9
E5 Intentions to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	18.8	27.0	9.8	19.2	18.5	15.9	-
- Very likely (%)	12.4	19.0	5.0	12.8	11.7	8.9
- Fairly likely (%)	6.4	9.1	3.2	6.4	6.8	6.9

1) Outlook: ++ very good, + good, = neutral, - poor, -- very poor; deviation of balance from average has been compared to standard deviation

Source: Consumer Survey 2018, April. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.4.2018