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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	01/2019	12/2019	01/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-12.8	-2.4	-4.2	-4.6	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	5.7	6.2	5.4	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	27.1	25.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	17.1	16.4
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	12.3	8.5	8.9	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	28.2	28.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	13.6	12.3
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-5.4	25.9	-66.5	6.1	-14.7	-12.0	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	11.4	10.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	36.9	30.8
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.5	20.3	-32.8	-6.6	-15.6	-14.4	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	12.5	13.3
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	38.0	37.7
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.7	2.8	2.7
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	3.0	5.3	1.7	2.7	2.7	2.6
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.0	20.3	-59.5	-1.7	-10.2	-10.9	=
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	19.1	18.8
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	37.0	36.7
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-5.7	4.7	-25.1	-2.1	-6.3	-5.6	=
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	.	8.2	8.2
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	.	17.8	18.0
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.9	43.5	-13.8	27.6	16.5	18.7	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	29.4	29.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	12.9	10.9
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	20.7	15.3	13.7	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	62.6	60.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	35.9	37.3
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.8	31.7	-60.4	10.1	18.0	21.3	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	63.9	66.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	34.0	31.7
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.4	31.0	6.4	29.3	28.8	26.5	+
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	.	61.5	58.5
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	.	10.7	10.6
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.6	53.6	9.8	53.6	47.3	44.1	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	.	77.0	73.1
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	.	22.8	26.5
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.3	20.4	10.5	16.6	17.4	18.4	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	4.7	4.1
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	12.7	14.4
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.2	-21.0	-15.9	-18.2	-
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	14.0	13.0
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	35.5	36.6
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	13.9	14.5	15.2	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	5.8	4.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	8.7	10.4
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.5	16.5	9.1	13.7	16.4	13.3	+
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	5.1	3.4
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	11.4	9.9
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.3	26.0	8.1	15.7	19.5	19.6	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	7.0	6.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	12.4	12.8

1) Period 10/1995–04/2019: information on response distributions cannot be presented – only the (revised) balance figures, inflation estimates and some percentage shares are published.
2) Outlook: ++ very good, + good, = neutral, - poor, -- very poor; deviation of balance from average has been compared to standard deviation.

Source: Consumer Confidence 2020, January. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.1.2020