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Appendix table 1. Consumers' views and intentions

	Average 10/1995-	Max. 10/1995-	Min. 10/1995-	02/2017	01/2018	02/2018	Outlook 1)
A1 Consumer confidence indicator, CCI = (B2+B4+B7+D2)/4	12.3	25.8	-6.5	20.8	24.2	25.8	++
A2 Old CCI = (B1+B2+B3+B4+C1)/5	6.6	20.6	-15.0	12.0	20.6	19.6	++
A3 Micro indicator = (B2+D1+D2)/3	25.7	33.4	9.5	29.4	31.1	31.0	+
A4 Macro indicator = (B4+B7)/2	0.5	22.8	-39.1	13.0	19.1	21.4	++
B1 Own economy now (balance)	3.8	9.8	-4.0	3.2	6.9	7.1	++
- Better (%)	23.3	30.6	16.4	23.6	26.7	26.8
- Worse (%)	16.4	22.7	11.4	17.6	14.5	15.0
B2 Own economy in 12 months' time (balance)	8.4	14.1	2.3	10.2	12.0	12.8	++
- Better (%)	25.8	33.4	18.2	29.1	28.8	30.1
- Worse (%)	11.4	17.7	6.6	12.5	8.2	9.1
B3 Finland's economy now (balance)	-1.9	29.5	-60.9	13.4	29.0	28.7	++
- Better (%)	27.3	62.1	2.0	45.2	60.2	59.4
- Worse (%)	28.0	88.5	4.2	16.9	6.6	7.0
B4 Finland's economy in 12 months' time (balance)	4.1	25.3	-27.1	16.8	20.4	20.9	++
- Better (%)	32.1	57.3	11.6	47.4	47.8	48.5
- Worse (%)	22.3	57.3	6.0	13.6	7.4	8.1
B5 Inflation now (per cent)	2.2	5.8	-2.0	1.0	1.2	1.3
B6 Inflation in 12 months' time (per cent)	2.2	4.6	0.6	1.6	1.7	1.7
B7 Unemployment in Finland in 12 months' time (balance)	-3.0	27.6	-51.1	9.2	17.9	22.0	++
- Less (%)	30.6	60.8	6.4	39.5	49.5	55.2
- More (%)	33.9	83.3	6.9	20.8	13.5	12.0
B8 Own threat of unemployment now (balance)	-1.0	7.6	-18.8	1.3	5.9	6.5	++
- Decreased (%)	13.2	20.0	5.3	15.1	17.2	17.8
- Increased (%)	16.9	31.9	7.9	17.0	11.2	10.1
C1 Favourability of time for purchasing durables (balance)	18.6	41.8	-14.2	16.2	34.5	28.3	+
- Favourable time (%)	44.6	62.4	29.6	42.1	49.8	44.1
- Unfavourable time (%)	26.0	45.7	15.2	25.9	15.2	15.8
C2 Favourability of time for saving (balance)	10.7	36.8	-19.6	11.3	26.6	26.5	++
- Good time (%)	58.1	80.7	33.4	58.9	69.6	69.9
- Bad time (%)	36.4	58.5	15.5	36.4	23.4	23.9
C3 Favourability of time for raising a loan (balance)	18.2	42.0	-47.1	29.1	33.0	29.5	+
- Good time (%)	62.6	78.2	13.3	70.9	73.6	71.5
- Bad time (%)	30.3	83.4	12.1	21.9	18.7	20.8
D1 Household's financial situation now (balance)	28.7	35.3	14.7	31.3	34.7	32.9	+
- Can save (%)	60.1	70.0	38.6	64.9	68.3	66.7
- Uses savings or gets into debt (%)	6.8	10.1	4.5	8.2	6.7	8.2
D2 Household's saving possibilities in the next 12 months (balance)	39.9	52.2	10.9	46.9	46.7	47.3	+
- Can save (%)	74.3	82.3	56.6	79.2	78.4	79.2
- Cannot save (%)	23.9	40.3	16.5	19.6	20.8	19.0
D5 Household's intentions to raise a loan in the next 12 months (% of households)	13.1	17.8	9.1	12.3	12.1	12.8	=
- Yes, certainly (%)	5.6	8.5	3.1	5.0	6.3	5.7
- Possibly (%)	7.5	11.4	5.0	7.3	5.8	7.1
E1 Spending on durables, next 12 months vs last 12 months (balance)	-8.9	-2.4	-18.2	-13.0	-8.9	-9.1	=
- More (%)	21.3	30.8	13.9	18.4	18.9	20.2
- Less (%)	32.6	40.4	25.6	33.3	30.6	31.7
E2 Intentions to buy a car in the next 12 months (% of households)	16.8	21.7	12.7	14.9	18.7	16.0	-
- Very likely (%)	8.5	12.1	5.1	7.2	9.5	7.2
- Fairly likely (%)	8.2	10.4	5.3	7.7	9.2	8.8
E4 Intentions to buy a dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	7.0	11.3	4.1	6.6	7.4	8.5	++
- Yes, certainly (%)	3.0	5.2	1.3	2.8	3.1	2.6
- Possibly (%)	4.0	6.2	2.2	3.8	4.3	5.9
E5 Intentions to spend money on basic repairs of dwelling in the next 12 months (% of households)	18.8	27.0	9.8	18.0	18.5	19.9	+
- Very likely (%)	12.4	19.0	5.0	13.3	11.0	12.4
- Fairly likely (%)	6.4	9.1	3.2	4.7	7.6	7.5

1) Outlook: ++ very good, + good, = neutral, - poor, -- very poor; deviation of balance from average has been compared to standard deviation

Source: Consumer Survey 2018, February. Statistics Finland

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Updated 27.2.2018