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Bank of Finland has invested into equities for over 15 years mainly due to the Bank’s pension liabilities. Currently the Bank is investigating whether to include smaller companies, measured by their market capitalization, ...

Conducting monetary policy in the current low inflation and low interest rate environment is a case apart, unlike the ‘old normal’. The Bank of Finland organized an international research conference to discuss this dilemma, ...

Russia imposed strict lockdown measures similar to many countries, resulting in sharp reductions in demand and production. The collapse of oil prices and Russia’s commitments to cutting back its oil production cause further ...

Russia’s oil exports have decreased only marginally in volume since it began the war in Ukraine. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that the export volume of Russian crude oil and oil products in October was ...

A wide coalition of countries have imposed economic sanctions on Russia for its brutal aggression against Ukraine. The sanctions regime has impaired – but not exhausted – Russia’s financial and technological ability to ...

Incoming American president Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to impose additional tariffs on US imports as a way to reduce the country’s current account deficit and boost domestic production. Initially, the proposal ...