Its values for the ten considered countries are presented as in Figure no. 3. The maximum value for the FCH is registered for Latvia as 14% quarter 4 of 2007 right before the beginning of the crisis and a high value of FCH is also registered in Bulgaria as 9.5% quarter 1 of 2001. Moreover, the minimum value of FCH among the ten studied countries is registered in Lithuania as -12.4% quarter 1 of 2009. Actually the trend of FCH has decreased up to negative values in full development of the crisis years, because population had
restrained consumption expenditures a lot.