Consumer confidence approaching average in May

The consumer confidence indicator stood at 12.0 in May, having been 10.4 in April and 8.0 in March. Confidence in the economy was approaching its long-term average in May. The long-term average for the confidence indicator is 12.9. In last years May, the consumer confidence indicator received the value 15.4. The data are based on Statistics Finlands Consumer Survey, for which 1,446 persons resident in Finland were interviewed between 2 and 18 May.