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Consumers in Finland are feeling better about future economic prospects now than in many years, Statistics Finland figures show.

Over half of survey respondents said they believe that Finland's economic situation will improve in the next year. Only one in ten people said they think things will only get worse.

These recent figures show consumer optimism in Finland's economy at its highest since 2010. Belief in decreasing unemployment has not been this strong in a whole decade, the agency said in a press release issued Thursday.

Consumers also said they think that the Finnish government's economic straits will improve better than their own personal finances. Only 28 percent of respondents said they believe their own situations would improve.

However, employed consumers said they felt their personal threat of unemployment had decreased clearly in recent months.

The data is based on Statistics Finland’s Consumer Survey, for which 1,199 people resident in Finland were interviewed between April 3-18.