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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	05/2019	04/2020	05/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-1.8	-13.9	-9.0	--
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	7.9	-0.3	1.5	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	29.9	20.2	24.4
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	17.5	20.8	20.6
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	9.4	2.3	7.1	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	28.6	23.6	26.9
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	13.0	20.6	16.9
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-5.9	25.9	-66.5	5.7	-59.8	-64.8	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	29.2	4.0	3.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	18.0	82.5	86.8
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.8	20.3	-32.8	-9.4	-30.8	-28.1	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	13.8	27.1	25.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	30.8	61.0	56.7
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.6	2.1	1.8
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.4
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.3	20.3	-59.5	-4.0	-55.1	-40.6	--
- Less (%)	.	.	.	23.6	10.2	16.5
- More (%)	.	.	.	30.2	82.0	72.3
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-5.9	4.7	-26.6	-2.6	-26.6	-24.5	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	9.2	2.3	3.8
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	14.6	41.3	40.5
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.7	43.5	-14.3	20.1	-14.3	6.5	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	31.0	20.4	29.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	10.9	34.7	23.1
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	22.1	-12.0	-6.2	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	67.4	39.7	43.2
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	31.4	59.2	55.4
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.7	31.7	-60.4	17.1	-29.1	-16.6	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	64.5	28.1	36.8
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	33.7	69.8	61.7
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.5	31.0	6.4	31.0	29.4	27.5	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	63.1	62.4	61.7
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	9.1	10.6	11.6
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.7	53.6	9.8	51.5	41.9	45.6	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.8	73.9	75.7
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	22.1	25.6	24.1
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	21.1	10.5	17.2	16.9	17.1	+
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.7	3.8	4.1
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	12.5	13.1	13.1
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-15.0	-26.7	-16.6	=
- More (%)	.	.	.	14.5	9.2	14.1
- Less (%)	.	.	.	34.2	45.5	35.2
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	17.4	11.6	12.9	-
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.3	3.1	3.9
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	11.1	8.5	9.1
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	16.5	9.1	12.8	12.4	14.9	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.0	4.0	3.8
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	8.8	8.4	11.1
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	22.6	16.9	20.1	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	9.0	5.5	6.4
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	13.6	11.4	13.6

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, May. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.5.2020