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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	06/2017	05/2018	06/2018	Outlook 1)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B2+B4+B7+D2)/4	12.5	25.8	-6.5	23.9	24.8	23.0	++
A2 Old CCI = (B1+B2+B3+B4+C1)/5	6.8	20.6	-15.0	16.9	17.5	16.0	++
A3 Micro indicator = (B2+D1+D2)/3	25.8	33.4	9.5	29.9	32.2	32.5	++
A4 Macro indicator = (B4+B7)/2	0.8	22.8	-39.1	18.9	19.7	15.1	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.9	9.8	-4.0	3.4	7.3	6.7	+
- Better (%)	23.4	30.6	16.4	22.3	25.8	27.6
- Worse (%)	16.4	22.7	11.4	16.4	15.3	15.4
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.4	14.1	2.3	8.3	11.2	11.6	++
- Better (%)	25.9	33.4	18.2	25.8	29.3	29.5
- Worse (%)	11.3	17.7	6.6	12.6	11.0	9.6
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-1.5	29.5	-60.9	27.0	28.8	25.6	++
- Better (%)	27.7	62.1	2.0	59.3	59.1	56.5
- Worse (%)	27.7	88.5	4.2	7.6	7.4	9.3
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	4.3	25.3	-27.1	22.0	17.6	12.1	+
- Better (%)	32.2	57.3	11.6	50.3	40.8	37.9
- Worse (%)	22.1	57.3	6.0	8.8	8.1	13.6
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	2.2	5.8	-2.0	1.3	1.5	1.7
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.2	4.6	0.6	1.8	1.9	1.8
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.7	27.6	-51.1	15.9	21.8	18.1	++
- Less (%)	30.9	60.8	6.4	45.3	54.4	49.0
- More (%)	33.6	83.3	6.9	14.5	11.6	13.7
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-0.8	9.8	-18.8	6.3	9.8	7.4	++
- Decreased (%)	13.3	20.4	5.3	18.0	20.4	18.6
- Increased (%)	16.8	31.9	7.9	12.0	9.3	9.6
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	18.7	41.8	-14.2	23.7	22.8	24.1	+
- Favourable time (%)	44.6	62.4	29.6	45.2	40.5	42.7
- Unfavourable time (%)	25.9	45.7	15.2	21.5	17.7	18.7
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	11.0	36.8	-19.6	15.6	26.0	27.8	++
- Good time (%)	58.2	80.7	33.4	62.2	68.7	70.3
- Bad time (%)	36.2	58.5	15.5	33.0	25.6	24.0
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	18.4	42.0	-47.1	32.3	33.9	33.3	++
- Good time (%)	62.8	78.2	13.3	73.4	74.9	74.2
- Bad time (%)	30.2	83.4	12.1	20.0	17.3	18.2
D1 Household's financial situation now (balance)	28.8	37.0	14.7	32.1	37.0	35.7	++
- Can save (%)	60.2	70.4	38.6	65.3	68.6	69.9
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	6.8	10.1	4.5	7.7	5.6	5.7
D2 Household's saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.0	52.2	10.9	49.3	48.4	50.3	+
- Can save (%)	74.4	82.3	56.6	79.1	79.3	80.5
- Cannot save (%)	23.9	40.3	16.5	19.3	18.0	18.2
D5 Household's intentions to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of households)	13.1	17.8	9.1	13.9	11.3	13.7	+
- Yes, certainly (%)	5.6	8.5	3.1	6.3	6.0	7.3
- Possibly (%)	7.5	11.4	5.0	7.6	5.3	6.4
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs last 12 months (balance)	-8.9	-2.4	-18.2	-8.8	-7.8	-9.9	-
- More (%)	21.3	30.8	13.9	18.9	21.4	20.1
- Less (%)	32.6	40.4	25.6	30.1	30.9	31.7
E2 Intentions to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of households)	16.8	21.7	12.7	17.1	16.8	15.7	-
- Very likely (%)	8.5	12.1	5.1	9.2	8.7	8.4
- Fairly likely (%)	8.2	10.4	5.3	7.9	8.2	7.4
E4 Intentions to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	7.0	11.3	4.1	6.8	7.4	7.0	=
- Yes, certainly (%)	3.0	5.2	1.3	3.3	3.3	3.4
- Possibly (%)	4.0	6.2	2.2	3.5	4.1	3.6
E5 Intentions to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	18.8	27.0	9.8	21.2	19.9	20.1	+
- Very likely (%)	12.4	19.0	5.0	16.2	11.2	11.2
- Fairly likely (%)	6.4	9.1	3.2	5.0	8.7	8.9

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

Source: Consumer Survey 2018, June. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.6.2018