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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	10/2019	09/2020	10/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-6.6	-5.9	-6.9	--
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	5.2	2.3	3.9	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	26.6	23.3	23.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	18.0	20.6	18.1
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	7.4	7.0	6.7	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	26.4	27.3	25.6
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	14.4	15.2	15.2
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-6.8	25.9	-66.5	-15.9	-57.7	-61.0	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	9.2	2.2	2.9
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	37.4	84.2	87.5
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-22.5	-18.1	-24.9	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	9.9	24.6	20.5
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	48.1	46.1	52.2
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.6	2.0	2.0
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.7	2.2	2.4
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.6	20.3	-59.5	-11.8	-39.9	-45.5	--
- Less (%)	.	.	.	19.5	13.0	12.2
- More (%)	.	.	.	39.9	70.6	76.3
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.2	4.7	-26.6	-6.4	-22.1	-20.8	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	6.8	4.4	4.0
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	17.9	37.7	33.8
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.6	43.5	-14.3	16.5	9.7	11.2	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	28.3	27.6	29.2
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	11.9	17.9	18.0
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	14.5	6.7	5.7	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	61.0	53.5	53.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	36.3	45.6	45.8
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	18.7	-6.5	-5.9	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	64.6	43.7	44.1
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	33.4	54.2	53.6
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.7	31.0	6.4	29.4	30.0	30.9	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	61.9	63.4	64.9
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.1	10.4	9.0
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.8	53.6	9.8	47.7	47.6	49.3	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	76.2	77.0	77.3
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	23.6	22.5	22.6
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.5	22.1	10.5	20.2	22.1	19.3	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	6.3	6.2	5.1
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	13.9	15.9	14.2
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-16.5	-14.8	-13.4	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	12.6	13.6	14.1
- Less (%)	.	.	.	34.0	32.3	30.8
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	17.9	15.8	16.0	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.5	5.0	4.8
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	11.4	10.7	11.2
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	17.9	9.1	15.6	17.9	15.2	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.4	6.1	4.7
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	10.2	11.8	10.5
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.4	26.0	8.1	19.7	20.5	21.4	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.5	7.1	6.6
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	12.2	13.4	14.8

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, October. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.10.2020