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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	09/2019	08/2020	09/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-4.2	-5.1	-5.9	--
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	8.1	0.7	2.3	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	28.3	23.5	23.3
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	14.6	21.8	20.6
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	8.5	9.8	7.0	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.1	29.0	27.3
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	13.4	13.7	15.2
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-6.6	25.9	-66.5	-14.9	-59.2	-57.7	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	11.4	2.2	2.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	37.8	85.8	84.2
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-1.9	20.3	-32.8	-20.7	-16.8	-18.1	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	9.6	23.2	24.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	46.7	45.6	46.1
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.6	2.3	2.0
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.5	2.5	2.2
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.5	20.3	-59.5	-12.2	-26.8	-39.9	--
- Less (%)	.	.	.	18.0	16.7	13.0
- More (%)	.	.	.	38.4	60.2	70.6
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.2	4.7	-26.6	-6.2	-18.5	-22.1	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	6.4	4.4	4.4
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	15.8	32.9	37.7
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.6	43.5	-14.3	17.8	10.3	9.7	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	27.8	28.3	27.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	10.0	18.0	17.9
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	13.4	3.4	6.7	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	60.7	49.9	53.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	37.9	48.7	45.6
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	25.1	-1.6	-6.5	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	69.5	47.8	43.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	29.3	50.2	54.2
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.6	31.0	6.4	29.6	30.3	30.0	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	63.0	64.7	63.4
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	9.9	10.3	10.4
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.8	53.6	9.8	51.2	47.7	47.6	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	78.6	77.0	77.0
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	21.0	22.9	22.5
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.4	22.1	10.5	19.2	20.3	22.1	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.1	5.8	6.2
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	14.1	14.5	15.9
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-12.6	-13.9	-14.8	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	15.5	13.9	13.6
- Less (%)	.	.	.	31.1	31.2	32.3
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	13.9	14.8	15.8	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.8	4.2	5.0
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	9.2	10.6	10.7
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	17.9	9.1	16.5	16.3	17.9	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.7	4.2	6.1
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	11.8	12.1	11.8
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	20.8	19.5	20.5	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.6	6.6	7.1
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	13.2	13.0	13.4

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, September. Statistics Finland

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Updated 28.9.2020