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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	03/2019	02/2020	03/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-12.8	-2.3	-4.5	-7.1	--
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	6.7	3.5	5.2	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	24.2	27.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	18.6	18.9
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	11.2	6.8	9.1	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	24.8	29.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	13.5	14.2
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-5.5	25.9	-66.5	0.9	-14.5	-20.8	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	11.0	8.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	35.3	42.2
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.6	20.3	-32.8	-8.4	-14.3	-25.8	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	.	13.6	10.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	.	37.1	52.4
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.7	2.8	2.4
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	3.0	5.3	1.7	2.6	2.7	2.3
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.0	20.3	-59.5	-1.5	-5.0	-19.7	-
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	25.7	15.7
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	32.5	46.8
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-5.7	4.7	-25.1	0.4	-5.7	-8.1	-
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	.	6.4	7.8
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	.	16.4	21.1
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.9	43.5	-13.8	19.7	19.5	12.2	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	30.0	27.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	10.5	14.9
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.4	29.4	-28.5	20.8	19.9	13.7	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	65.5	60.8
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	33.1	37.2
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.9	31.7	-60.4	12.5	23.4	11.9	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	.	68.3	59.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	.	29.9	38.7
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.5	31.0	6.4	26.4	28.4	29.7	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	.	60.4	62.5
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	.	9.5	10.4
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.7	53.6	9.8	49.8	48.3	49.4	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	.	76.5	78.2
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	.	23.3	21.2
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	21.1	10.5	16.4	19.9	21.1	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	5.3	5.7
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	14.6	15.5
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.2	-18.7	-14.0	-17.0	=
- More (%)	.	.	.	.	14.8	13.6
- Less (%)	.	.	.	.	32.5	35.6
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	16.0	13.9	14.5	=
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	4.9	4.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	9.0	9.6
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.5	16.5	9.1	12.8	14.4	14.3	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	.	4.6	4.2
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	.	9.8	10.1
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	19.4	18.7	22.1	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	.	6.3	7.4
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	.	12.5	14.7

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, March. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.3.2020