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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	10/2017	09/2018	10/2018	Outlook 1)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B2+B4+B7+D2)/4	12.6	25.8	-6.5	23.1	20.2	16.8	+
A2 Old CCI = (B1+B2+B3+B4+C1)/5	6.9	20.6	-15.0	17.6	14.1	12.2	+
A3 Micro indicator = (B2+D1+D2)/3	25.8	33.4	9.5	30.2	30.6	31.1	+
A4 Macro indicator = (B4+B7)/2	1.0	22.8	-39.1	17.7	11.3	4.9	+
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.9	9.8	-4.0	7.2	6.4	8.3	++
- Better (%)	23.4	30.6	16.4	26.9	27.3	28.2
- Worse (%)	16.4	22.7	11.4	15.3	15.8	15.0
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.4	14.1	2.3	10.6	10.1	9.8	+
- Better (%)	25.9	33.4	18.2	28.8	27.3	28.3
- Worse (%)	11.3	17.7	6.6	10.1	11.2	11.8
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-1.2	29.5	-60.9	26.6	20.7	16.4	+
- Better (%)	28.0	62.1	2.0	58.0	48.7	44.3
- Worse (%)	27.4	88.5	4.2	9.3	9.9	12.8
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	4.4	25.3	-27.1	19.6	8.0	1.4	-
- Better (%)	32.2	57.3	11.6	48.0	32.0	26.6
- Worse (%)	22.0	57.3	6.0	9.9	16.1	23.1
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	2.2	5.8	-2.0	1.1	1.6	1.9
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.1	4.6	0.6	1.7	2.0	2.2
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.5	27.6	-51.1	15.8	14.5	8.4	+
- Less (%)	31.1	60.8	6.4	48.0	45.1	38.7
- More (%)	33.4	83.3	6.9	16.1	15.8	21.3
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-0.6	9.8	-18.8	2.9	8.1	4.8	+
- Decreased (%)	13.4	20.4	5.3	15.6	19.9	16.6
- Increased (%)	16.7	31.9	7.9	13.4	9.8	11.9
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	18.8	41.8	-14.2	24.2	25.5	25.1	+
- Favourable time (%)	44.6	62.4	29.6	45.7	44.3	45.2
- Unfavourable time (%)	25.8	45.7	15.2	21.5	18.8	20.1
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	11.2	36.8	-19.6	23.3	28.9	31.3	++
- Good time (%)	58.4	80.7	33.4	66.9	71.3	73.0
- Bad time (%)	36.0	58.5	15.5	26.9	23.4	22.2
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	18.6	42.0	-47.1	33.1	27.7	21.7	=
- Good time (%)	62.8	78.2	13.3	73.9	69.8	65.1
- Bad time (%)	30.0	83.4	12.1	18.3	22.6	27.3
D1 Household's financial situation now (balance)	28.9	37.0	14.7	33.5	33.6	36.0	++
- Can save (%)	60.3	70.4	38.6	66.5	68.2	68.9
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	6.8	10.1	4.5	7.1	7.4	5.1
D2 Household's saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.1	52.2	10.9	46.5	48.2	47.5	+
- Can save (%)	74.4	82.3	56.6	78.3	79.1	78.8
- Cannot save (%)	23.8	40.3	16.5	20.1	19.4	19.5
D5 Household's intentions to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of households)	13.1	17.8	9.1	11.6	14.0	13.3	=
- Yes, certainly (%)	5.6	8.5	3.1	5.6	6.2	6.5
- Possibly (%)	7.5	11.4	5.0	6.0	7.7	6.8
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs last 12 months (balance)	-8.9	-2.4	-18.2	-8.3	-6.3	-7.9	+
- More (%)	21.3	30.8	13.9	20.7	20.4	20.1
- Less (%)	32.6	40.4	25.6	30.2	28.0	31.0
E2 Intentions to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of households)	16.8	21.7	12.7	18.1	17.7	17.3	+
- Very likely (%)	8.5	12.1	5.1	8.5	8.1	8.8
- Fairly likely (%)	8.2	10.4	5.3	9.6	9.6	8.5
E4 Intentions to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	7.0	11.3	4.1	6.1	6.2	7.4	+
- Yes, certainly (%)	3.0	5.2	1.3	2.0	2.2	2.6
- Possibly (%)	4.0	6.2	2.2	4.2	4.0	4.8
E5 Intentions to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	18.8	27.0	9.8	18.0	17.8	19.0	=
- Very likely (%)	12.4	19.0	5.0	10.5	10.1	12.1
- Fairly likely (%)	6.4	9.1	3.2	7.5	7.8	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, October. Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.10.2018