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Finland’s economic growth is broadly based, exports are fuelling growth and at the same time domestic demand continues to be strong. According to the Bank of Finland forecast, Finland’s GDP will grow 3.1% in 2017 and 2.5% ...

Finland’s rapid economic growth in 2017 has notably improved the situation for the public finances. With the cuts in taxes related to the Competitiveness Pact, fiscal policy will ease in 2017 and 2018 and the structural ...

The Finnish economy entered a phase of cyclical recovery in mid-2015. After several years of contraction and zero growth, Finnish GDP grew by 1.9% in 2016. Growth has continued to accelerate during the course of 2017. The ...

Finland's recent brisk economic growth is largely a consequence of the upswing in the global economy. The external environment has always played a decisive role in shaping Finland’s GDP and, in particular, export growth. ...

During the third quarter of 2017, Finland’s GDP increased by 3%, private consumption by 2.1% and public consumption by 1.8% year on year. Investments increased by 9.3% year on year.

Finland s competitiveness has weakened during the period of Economic and Monetary Union, if competitiveness is understood to mean the presence of conditions ensuring the economy s external balance. The profitability of ...

According to a new structural unemployment indicator based on labour market flows developed by the Bank of Finland, unemployment is currently close to the structural level in Finland and cannot therefore be expected to ...

Well-educated people typically earn more than those with a lower level of education. This article discusses the financial benefits of education when, in addition to earnings level, we also take into account the better ...

The current news on the Finnish economy is positive, and the outlook has improved. Economic growth has continued and is now more broadly based than before. Exports and corporate investment are both growing, in addition to ...

Good monetary policy is always forward looking and forecasts are therefore a necessary input to monetary policy decisions.Forecasts become a means of providing a high degree of transparency, which in turn is seen as one ...