Consumers' confidence in the economy fading

The consumer confidence indicator stood at 0.4 in December whereas in November it was 1.5 and in October 1.3. The confidence indicator fell by around twenty units from late winter to the end of this year. In last years December the consumer confidence indicator received the value 13.5. The long-term average for the confidence indicator is 13.0. The data are based on Statistics Finlands Consumer Survey, for which 1,392 people resident in Finland were interviewed between 1 and 16 December.