Consumers predict unemployment to grow

Consumers confidence in the economy has still weakened slightly. In May, the consumer confidence indicator stood at 5.0, while in April it was 6.4 and in March 10.2. Confidence in the economy was clearly weaker than one year ago in May (12.0) and when compared with the long-term average (12.4). The data are based on Statistics Finlands Consumer Survey, for which 1,403 persons resident in Finland were interviewed between 2 and 17 May.