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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	03/2020	02/2021	03/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.8	6.8	-13.9	-7.1	-0.8	-3.0	-
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.0	8.6	-5.3	5.2	-1.7	2.7	=
- Better (%)	.	.	.	27.4	22.1	24.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	18.9	25.1	18.5
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	9.1	12.7	12.6	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	29.7	32.8	32.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	14.2	10.9	11.1
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.5	25.9	-66.5	-20.8	-48.8	-49.6	--
- Better (%)	.	.	.	8.4	4.3	4.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	42.2	78.5	77.3
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.1	20.3	-32.8	-25.8	-2.1	-12.3	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	10.8	35.5	27.5
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	52.4	34.1	42.0
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.4	2.3	2.3
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.3	2.4	2.5
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.9	20.3	-59.5	-19.7	-20.7	-28.5	-
- Less (%)	.	.	.	15.7	24.4	20.3
- More (%)	.	.	.	46.8	56.2	61.9
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.5	4.7	-26.6	-8.1	-11.9	-12.9	-
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	7.8	5.2	4.9
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	21.1	24.6	25.3
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	12.2	20.4	13.3	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	27.1	33.8	30.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	14.9	13.4	17.3
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.4	29.4	-28.5	13.7	11.0	9.1	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	60.8	55.9	55.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	37.2	42.2	42.6
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.4	31.7	-60.4	11.9	6.5	1.0	-
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	59.5	53.4	49.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	38.7	44.4	48.0
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	21.8	31.2	6.4	29.7	28.6	31.2	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	62.5	62.3	63.8
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.4	12.2	10.2
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.0	53.6	9.8	49.4	48.3	50.2	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	78.2	75.9	77.4
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	21.2	23.6	21.9
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.5	22.1	10.5	21.1	20.9	21.2	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.7	5.2	5.8
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	15.5	15.7	15.4
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.2	-9.7	-26.7	-17.0	-11.8	-14.9	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	13.6	16.0	15.0
- Less (%)	.	.	.	35.6	30.0	33.2
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.3	19.2	10.1	14.5	15.5	15.6	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.9	4.6	5.1
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	9.6	10.9	10.5
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.7	18.1	9.1	14.3	18.1	16.5	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.2	5.3	5.4
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	10.1	12.8	11.1
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.5	26.0	8.1	22.1	18.7	21.5	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	7.4	6.8	7.1
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	14.7	11.9	14.4

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 2021, March. Statistics Finland

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Updated 29.3.2021