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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	05/2017	04/2018	05/2018	Outlook 1)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B2+B4+B7+D2)/4	12.5	25.8	-6.5	24.1	23.2	24.8	++
A2 Old CCI = (B1+B2+B3+B4+C1)/5	6.7	20.6	-15.0	14.8	16.9	17.5	++
A3 Micro indicator = (B2+D1+D2)/3	25.7	33.4	9.5	30.0	29.0	32.2	++
A4 Macro indicator = (B4+B7)/2	0.8	22.8	-39.1	18.6	19.6	19.7	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.9	9.8	-4.0	3.9	5.8	7.3	++
- Better (%)	23.3	30.6	16.4	23.3	25.4	25.8
- Worse (%)	16.4	22.7	11.4	16.2	15.1	15.3
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.4	14.1	2.3	9.0	9.7	11.2	++
- Better (%)	25.8	33.4	18.2	27.0	26.4	29.3
- Worse (%)	11.3	17.7	6.6	11.8	9.7	11.0
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-1.6	29.5	-60.9	19.7	26.2	28.8	++
- Better (%)	27.6	62.1	2.0	52.6	56.2	59.1
- Worse (%)	27.8	88.5	4.2	13.2	8.3	7.4
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	4.3	25.3	-27.1	21.9	17.6	17.6	++
- Better (%)	32.2	57.3	11.6	52.0	43.2	40.8
- Worse (%)	22.2	57.3	6.0	8.9	8.9	8.1
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	2.2	5.8	-2.0	1.1	1.6	1.5
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.2	4.6	0.6	1.7	1.8	1.9
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.8	27.6	-51.1	15.2	21.6	21.8	++
- Less (%)	30.9	60.8	6.4	46.7	53.9	54.4
- More (%)	33.7	83.3	6.9	15.7	11.4	11.6
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-0.8	9.8	-18.8	5.8	4.0	9.8	++
- Decreased (%)	13.3	20.4	5.3	19.1	15.7	20.4
- Increased (%)	16.8	31.9	7.9	14.5	12.4	9.3
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	18.7	41.8	-14.2	19.4	25.4	22.8	+
- Favourable time (%)	44.6	62.4	29.6	43.6	44.5	40.5
- Unfavourable time (%)	25.9	45.7	15.2	24.2	19.1	17.7
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	10.9	36.8	-19.6	12.8	26.9	26.0	++
- Good time (%)	58.2	80.7	33.4	59.9	70.4	68.7
- Bad time (%)	36.3	58.5	15.5	35.7	22.8	25.6
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	18.4	42.0	-47.1	31.8	31.9	33.9	++
- Good time (%)	62.7	78.2	13.3	72.9	74.0	74.9
- Bad time (%)	30.2	83.4	12.1	19.9	18.2	17.3
D1 Household's financial situation now (balance)	28.8	37.0	14.7	30.9	33.4	37.0	++
- Can save (%)	60.2	70.4	38.6	66.3	67.3	68.6
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	6.8	10.1	4.5	8.2	7.5	5.6
D2 Household's saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.0	52.2	10.9	50.2	43.9	48.4	+
- Can save (%)	74.3	82.3	56.6	81.1	76.4	79.3
- Cannot save (%)	23.9	40.3	16.5	18.2	22.2	18.0
D5 Household's intentions to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of households)	13.1	17.8	9.1	12.8	13.0	11.3	--
- Yes, certainly (%)	5.6	8.5	3.1	6.5	6.4	6.0
- Possibly (%)	7.5	11.4	5.0	6.3	6.5	5.3
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs last 12 months (balance)	-8.9	-2.4	-18.2	-6.4	-8.6	-7.8	+
- More (%)	21.3	30.8	13.9	20.1	19.4	21.4
- Less (%)	32.6	40.4	25.6	27.5	29.9	30.9
E2 Intentions to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of households)	16.8	21.7	12.7	14.3	17.1	16.8	=
- Very likely (%)	8.5	12.1	5.1	6.5	8.1	8.7
- Fairly likely (%)	8.2	10.4	5.3	7.8	9.0	8.2
E4 Intentions to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	7.0	11.3	4.1	7.5	7.6	7.4	+
- Yes, certainly (%)	3.0	5.2	1.3	2.9	2.7	3.3
- Possibly (%)	4.0	6.2	2.2	4.7	4.9	4.1
E5 Intentions to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	18.8	27.0	9.8	21.0	15.9	19.9	+
- Very likely (%)	12.4	19.0	5.0	14.5	8.9	11.2
- Fairly likely (%)	6.4	9.1	3.2	6.5	6.9	8.7

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

Source: Consumer Survey 2018, May. Statistics Finland

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Updated 28.5.2018