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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions ¹⁾

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	01/2021	12/2021	01/2022	Outlook 2)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B1+B2+B4+E1)/4	-1.7	6.8	-13.9	-0.9	-3.5	-1.7	=
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.2	9.5	-5.3	3.2	2.9	4.4	+
- Better (%)	.	.	.	24.7	24.0	26.5
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	19.6	19.2	18.5
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.2	13.5	1.2	10.8	7.2	11.6	++
- Better (%)	.	.	.	30.7	27.1	30.2
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	12.3	14.7	11.0
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-7.9	25.9	-66.5	-50.5	-15.5	-22.6	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	3.9	22.7	13.8
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	79.7	45.4	49.1
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	-2.0	20.3	-32.8	-2.5	-7.4	-8.0	-
- Better (%)	.	.	.	35.1	24.5	23.1
- Worse (%)	.	.	.	33.3	33.8	33.9
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	3.1	6.9	-2.7	2.2	3.9	3.8
- Prices have risen much or quite much (%)	.	.	.	13.7	43.0	42.6
- Prices have stayed the same or have fallen (%)	.	.	.	36.4	9.5	7.7
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.9	5.3	1.7	2.3	3.6	3.7
- Prices will rise faster or at the same rate (%)	.	.	.	60.3	73.0	77.0
- Prices will stay the same or will fall (%)	.	.	.	16.6	6.0	4.7
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-10.5	20.3	-59.5	-20.7	-0.0	-6.0	=
- Less (%)	.	.	.	24.5	31.3	30.4
- More (%)	.	.	.	54.8	28.0	34.8
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-6.3	4.7	-26.6	-16.9	-2.1	-3.8	+
- Decreased (%)	.	.	.	5.4	8.6	6.7
- Increased (%)	.	.	.	29.8	13.5	13.6
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	19.4	43.5	-14.3	16.9	7.0	7.6	--
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	32.7	24.9	25.7
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	15.8	17.9	18.1
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	4.9	29.4	-28.5	12.8	15.1	15.5	+
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	59.3	61.2	61.3
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	40.2	37.8	36.7
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	7.5	31.7	-60.4	4.6	5.8	5.4	=
- Good time (%)	.	.	.	53.3	54.9	53.6
- Bad time (%)	.	.	.	45.3	43.1	44.5
D1 Own financial situation now (balance)	22.1	33.1	6.4	30.1	29.1	30.0	++
- Money is saved (%)	.	.	.	63.0	62.7	62.1
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	.	.	.	10.5	11.0	11.5
D2 Own saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	40.3	53.6	9.8	50.1	48.1	46.6	+
- Can save (%)	.	.	.	77.8	76.4	75.9
- Cannot save (%)	.	.	.	22.0	23.1	24.0
D5 Intention to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	15.6	24.2	10.5	18.5	19.5	18.6	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	5.1	6.6	5.7
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	13.3	12.9	12.9
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs. last 12 months (balance)	-16.1	-6.9	-26.7	-14.9	-16.6	-14.9	+
- More (%)	.	.	.	14.4	12.1	13.5
- Less (%)	.	.	.	33.3	33.1	32.6
E2 Intention to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	14.4	19.2	10.1	15.1	15.3	16.2	++
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	4.4	5.0	4.6
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	10.7	10.3	11.6
E4 Intention to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	12.8	18.5	9.1	16.6	13.5	17.6	++
- Yes, absolutely (%)	.	.	.	4.5	4.0	5.3
- Possibly (%)	.	.	.	12.0	9.5	12.4
E5 Intention to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of consumers)	17.6	26.0	8.1	23.5	22.1	19.9	+
- Very likely (%)	.	.	.	8.5	7.8	7.3
- Quite likely (%)	.	.	.	15.1	14.3	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 2022, January. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.1.2022