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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	12/2019	11/2020	12/2020	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-4.2	-4.8	-4.6	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	8.6	-5.3	6.2	1.6	2.8	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.1	22.2	24.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	17.1	19.3	19.5
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.0	13.5	1.2	8.5	7.8	8.5	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	28.2	25.5	27.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	13.6	13.1	13.0
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.1	25.9	-66.5	-14.7	-54.9	-55.5	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	11.4	3.1	2.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	36.9	83.5	83.9
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.1	20.3	-32.8	-15.6	-14.4	-13.9	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	12.5	25.5	28.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	38.0	42.6	43.5
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.8	2.1	2.1
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.7	2.2	2.3
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.8	20.3	-59.5	-10.2	-31.8	-32.5	--
- Less (%)	.	.	.	19.1	17.6	18.7
- More (%)	.	.	.	37.0	65.3	64.2
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.4	4.7	-26.6	-6.3	-16.6	-18.2	--
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	8.2	6.5	5.1
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	17.8	32.0	32.6
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	16.5	11.4	12.3	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	29.4	27.7	29.9
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	12.9	16.3	17.6
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.3	29.4	-28.5	15.3	3.5	7.2	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	62.6	50.7	54.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	35.9	48.2	43.8
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.4	31.7	-60.4	18.0	-2.6	-4.3	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	63.9	47.4	45.4
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	34.0	50.0	52.0
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.7	31.0	6.4	28.8	29.7	29.7	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	61.5	62.6	62.9
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.7	10.3	9.5
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.9	53.6	9.8	47.3	47.2	45.7	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.0	76.2	75.7
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	22.8	23.6	24.0
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.5	22.1	10.5	17.4	17.8	19.5	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.7	5.2	5.1
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	12.7	12.6	14.4
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.3	-9.7	-26.7	-15.9	-14.4	-15.8	=
- More (%)	.	.	.	14.0	12.9	13.4
- Less (%)	.	.	.	35.5	31.2	33.7
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	14.5	14.8	13.8	-
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	5.8	4.7	4.0
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	8.7	10.1	9.8
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.6	17.9	9.1	16.4	16.4	15.0	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.1	5.3	3.9
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	11.4	11.1	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	19.5	20.6	19.4	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.0	6.9	6.8
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	12.4	13.7	12.7

1) Long-term average, maximum and minimum figures cannot be presented for response distributions.
2) Outlook: ++ very good, + good, = neutral, - poor, -- very poor; deviation of balance from average has been compared to standard deviation.

Source: Consumer Confidence 2020, December. Statistics Finland

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Updated 28.12.2020