The Finnish consumer confidence indicator increased to -4.2 in September 2019 from -4.5 in the previous month, as intentions to spend money on durable goods were higher than average in August (-12.6 vs -14.4) and improvement were seen in households' views on own economy (8.5 vs 6.5). Meanwhile, both of their assessment over the country's current economy (-14.9 vs -7.2 in August) and judgment over the country's economic outlook (-20.7 vs -15.7) weakened. Also, the expectations on unemployment decreased (-12.2 vs -5.3). Consumer Confidence in Finland averaged 11.34 Index Points from 1995 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 24.10 Index Points in May of 2017 and a record low of -6.50 Index Points in December of 2008.

Consumer Confidence in Finland is expected to be -5.20 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Consumer Confidence in Finland to stand at -2.30 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Finland Consumer Confidence is projected to trend around 1.00 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2019-06-27 05:00 AM Consumer Confidence Jun -4.6 -1.8 -2
2019-07-29 05:00 AM Consumer Confidence Jul -3.9 -4.6 -4
2019-08-27 05:00 AM Consumer Confidence Aug -4.5 -3.9 -4.5
2019-09-27 05:00 AM Consumer Confidence Sep -4.2 -4.5 -5.2
2019-10-28 06:00 AM Consumer Confidence Oct -4.2
2019-11-27 06:00 AM Consumer Confidence Nov
2019-12-27 06:00 AM Consumer Confidence Dec -5.7


Finland Consumer Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Consumer Confidence -4.20 -4.50 24.10 -6.50 Index Points [+]
Retail Sales Mom -1.00 2.00 3.60 -3.70 percent [+]
Retail Sales Yoy 3.90 1.90 14.20 -6.70 percent [+]
Consumer Spending 27730.00 27482.00 27761.00 8859.00 EUR Million [+]
Personal Savings 1.90 -0.10 10.50 -6.50 percent [+]
Bank Lending Rate 0.25 0.25 7.00 0.25 percent [+]
Households Debt To GDP 66.80 66.40 67.10 12.80 percent of GDP [+]
Households Debt To Income 115.74 116.36 116.36 60.84 percent [+]
Consumer Credit 16212.00 16161.00 16212.00 6503.00 EUR Million [+]
Gasoline Prices 1.68 1.69 2.23 1.06 USD/Liter [+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions 25.30 27.00 29.50 -60.90 [+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations 22.00 21.90 25.30 -27.10 [+]
Consumer Confidence Financial Expectations 8.30 9.00 14.10 2.30 [+]
Consumer Confidence Major Purchases Expectations 23.70 19.40 41.80 -14.20 [+]
Consumer Confidence Price Trends 1.80 1.70 4.60 0.60 [+]
Consumer Confidence Unemployment Expectations 15.90 15.20 27.60 -51.10 [+]


Finland Consumer Confidence

In Finland, the Statistics of Finland consumer survey expresses consumers’ views and intentions relating to economic matters. The data system of Statistics Finland’s consumer survey is comprised of respondent-specific original data from phones interviews, which may not be disclosed, and published data concerning reply distributions and time series. Generally consumer confidence is high when the unemployment rate is low and GDP growth is high. Measures of average consumer confidence can be useful indicators of how much consumers are likely to spend. This page provides the latest reported value for - Finland Consumer Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Finland Consumer Confidence - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-4.20 -4.50 24.10 -6.50 1995 - 2019 Index Points Monthly




Country Last Previous
Argentina 42.10 Sep/19
Australia 92.80 Oct/19
Brazil 47.30 Sep/19
Canada 53.00 Sep/19
China 122.40 Aug/19
Euro Area -6.50 Sep/19
France 104.00 Sep/19
Germany 9.90 Oct/19
India 89.40 Sep/19
Indonesia 121.80 Sep/19
Italy 112.20 Sep/19
Japan 35.60 Sep/19
Mexico 44.70 Sep/19
Netherlands -2.00 Sep/19
Russia -13.00 Sep/19
Saudi Arabia 114.00 Jun/19
South Africa 5.00 Jun/19
South Korea 96.90 Sep/19
Spain 80.70 Sep/19
Switzerland -8.00 Sep/19
Turkey 55.80 Sep/19
United Kingdom -12.00 Sep/19
United States 96.00 Oct/19


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