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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	08/2020	07/2021	08/2021	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-5.1	4.4	4.0	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.1	9.3	-5.3	0.7	9.1	9.3	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	23.5	29.4	30.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	21.8	14.5	15.1
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.1	13.5	1.2	9.8	9.8	11.6	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	29.0	27.7	29.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	13.7	11.5	10.8
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.8	25.9	-66.5	-59.2	-16.6	-14.0	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	2.2	23.1	23.7
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	85.8	46.2	44.7
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-16.8	7.8	4.0	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	23.2	41.4	38.0
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	45.6	23.6	27.2
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.3	3.1	3.2
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.5	2.9	3.0
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.7	20.3	-59.5	-26.8	3.4	0.9	+
- Less (%)	.	.	.	16.7	37.9	34.6
- More (%)	.	.	.	60.2	28.3	30.4
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.4	4.7	-26.6	-18.5	-2.9	-4.0	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	4.4	10.7	11.3
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	32.9	15.9	18.4
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.5	43.5	-14.3	10.3	21.8	17.0	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	28.3	34.2	31.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	18.0	12.4	14.5
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.6	29.4	-28.5	3.4	20.4	22.2	++
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	49.9	65.1	67.0
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	48.7	34.0	32.1
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	-1.6	12.0	12.5	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	47.8	60.1	59.5
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	50.2	38.4	38.6
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.0	33.1	6.4	30.3	33.1	33.0	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	64.7	66.5	65.2
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.3	8.9	8.9
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.2	53.6	9.8	47.7	50.6	51.1	++
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.0	77.9	78.3
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	22.9	22.1	21.2
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.6	24.2	10.5	20.3	17.8	18.9	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.8	3.8	5.8
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	14.5	14.0	13.1
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-13.9	-9.2	-8.8	++
- More (%)	.	.	.	13.9	17.2	17.6
- Less (%)	.	.	.	31.2	27.4	28.1
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	14.8	16.3	16.0	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.2	5.1	7.0
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	10.6	11.2	9.0
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.1	9.1	16.3	16.3	16.6	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.2	4.3	5.4
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	12.1	12.0	11.2
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	19.5	23.6	21.9	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	6.6	6.9	8.4
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	13.0	16.6	13.5

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, August. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.8.2021