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Euro area set to recover
(02.10.2015)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2015
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2015
Monetary policy in the euro area has been highly accommodative in recent years. The accommodative stance has also been reflected in banks’ lending rates. The transmission of monetary policy has become more effective, ...
Is the euro area at risk of Japanese-style deflation?
(20.03.2015)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2015
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2015
Euro area inflation has long been below the European Central Bank’s objective for price stability and has continued to slow in recent months. This has given rise to heightened concerns that the euro area could soon be ...
On the merits of calendar-based forward guidance
(07.09.2015)
Bank of Finland Bulletin. Blog
Bank of Finland Bulletin. Blog
The existence of a lower bound for nominal interest rates complicates the monetary policy. Central banks have lately tried to circumvent this problem by applying non-standard monetary policy measures.
Abenomics: three years – the big ship turns slowly
(13.04.2016)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2016
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2016
For the past three years or so, Japan has pursued an economic policy named after Prime Minister Abe as abenomics, with the intention of putting the country back on a path of sustainable economic growth via expansionary ...
ECB to continue highly accommodative monetary policy
(30.03.2017)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2017
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2017
Economic growth in the euro area is becoming more broadly based and there has already been four years of unbroken growth in GDP. The monetary policy of the ECB has been highly accommodative, lowering funding costs for both ...
The financial crisis changed the instruments but not the objectives of monetary policy
(18.05.2015)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2015
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2015
Central banks have acted forcefully to provide monetary accommodation. With little room for manoeuvre for standard interest rate policy, unconventional measures have been adopted. Committing to monetary accommodation gains ...
Bank of Finland forecast: Slowing growth in the shadow of global uncertainties
(03.07.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2019
Finland’s economic growth will slow in the forecast period to close to its potential rate. GDP will grow 1.6% in 2019 and 1.5% in 2020. Thereafter, the pace of growth will ease to 1.3% in 2021.
Growth continues, outlook more moderate
(18.10.2018)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
The outlook for global economic growth has moderated from the spring. Growth in international trade has decelerated. Confidence in the economic outlook remains fairly strong, but trade tensions, in particular, are a downside ...
Editorial : Monetary policy normalisation to proceed carefully and with measured pace
(03.10.2018)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
The euro area's growth rate is set to moderate to approximately 2%. A reduction in unemployment has created suitable conditions for accelerated wage growth and a return in the path of inflation to the policy objective of ...
Favourable developments and new concerns in the global economy
(13.04.2017)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2017
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2017
Global economic growth will strengthen from its 2016 level and continue at an annual pace of over 3% in the years 2017–19. Improvements in confidence in the United States and elsewhere will boost economic growth in the ...